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难得 nan2 de2, seldom

May 20, 2008 at 02:52 PM

我听说过了多次“ 难得” ，但是还有点不清楚应该怎么用，好难得啊。。。。 So there's an expression "nan de" that I hear a lot, but still don't really have a good grasp of h... Read more

Firefox 3

May 20, 2008 at 05:59 AM

Firefox 3 is available for testing: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html It installs separately from version 2 at the moment.   Read more

News from Bill

May 19, 2008 at 05:33 AM

It's been too long (3 weeks or so) since I've been here on ChinesePod. I don't know what prompted me to take a break but I just haven't been able to... Read more

Chinese KTV

May 19, 2008 at 05:06 AM

Hello, I don't know if it's the good place for my post but I have a question. One of my chinese friend told me that one of the best way to learn quickly chin... Read more

Emma and Joels's group discussion - continued...

May 19, 2008 at 02:47 AM

I can't find our old thread, and yeah I hope An Laoshi can find it becuase we posted a lot of stuff on there :( (Maybe we should have saved it to word or something,... Read more

Speaking and social distance

May 19, 2008 at 12:56 AM

My latest blog post talks about how the words we choose in conversation helps us either to bond, or to create social distance, sometimes without us realizing. Read more

China declares national mourning

May 18, 2008 at 06:02 PM

--> 中国宣布三天全国哀悼日 --> -->    2008年05月18日     中国宣布三天全国哀悼日哀悼 āidào v. lament/mourn sb.'s death 宣布 xuānbù v. announce   --> Read more

Zimbabwe : national currency not worth a cent

May 18, 2008 at 05:45 PM

--> 津巴布韦发行面值5亿元新钞这是5月15日在津巴布韦首都哈拉雷拍摄的印在津巴布韦报纸《先驱报》上的新版巨额津元纸币样本。当日津巴布韦央行发行大面额5亿津元的新钞，再次在世界钞票发行史上创下新的纪录。央行还将发行50亿、250亿和500亿津元的农业无记名支票。这些支票与正在流通的津元现钞一样可以购买任何商品和服务项目。这... Read more

Katherine S and Tam's discussion

May 18, 2008 at 01:14 PM

hey, I've been looking at the 'lovers spat' dialogue and I reckon their whole argument is just because of their miscommunication. Zhang Liang says 'wo zhen gao bu do... Read more

lost podcasts

May 18, 2008 at 05:34 AM

I have managed somehow to loose all my old  podcasts. I can leave the computer on to get them back, but  I can not  figure out how to get then  a... Read more