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Origin of the 丁级词 list

April 12, 2011 at 11:50 AM

A lot of the study tools for the old HSK had vocabulary  listed according to frequency: 甲级词（1033 words）乙级词（2018 words）丙级词（2202 words）丁级词（3569 words） Does any... Read more

Vocab 房东急祖?

April 10, 2011 at 04:53 PM

Hi fellow Chinesepodcasters, I was hoping you could help me with explaining the term 'fangdong jizu'? I was looking through a few Chinese real estate websites like h... Read more

How to say 'transaction history'?

March 22, 2011 at 05:12 AM

I want to go to my bank and say that I would like to know my transaction history for the past month.  Would it simply be 交易历史？ Thanks! Read more

The Great Wall

March 21, 2011 at 12:04 AM

How to go to The GW Read more

“伤脑筋”是什么意思

March 18, 2011 at 12:05 PM

does anyone know what "伤脑筋”( shāngnǎojīn ) means?  Also, if not too much trouble could give some examples of its useage.  Read more

整个 and 所有

March 09, 2011 at 03:27 PM

What is the difference between the way 整个 and 所有 are used? Read more

不必须

February 27, 2011 at 08:30 PM

In other languages, negating 'must' has a different meaning to English 'must not'. It means 'not have to'. Which meaning does 不必须 have? (And if it is not the same as... Read more

支持 and 支撑

February 27, 2011 at 10:42 AM

Just wondering about the difference between 支持 and 支撑. I realise that 支撑 can be used in the sense of providing physical support, whereas 支持 apparently cannot. I beli... Read more

How to say 'happen' in Chinese?

February 25, 2011 at 07:55 AM

Okay, usually the first word that most of us learn that means 'happen' is 发生, but then when I tried to use it way back when, people often looked at me funny.  I... Read more

How do you say...

February 23, 2011 at 11:26 PM

How do you say something like 'getting all the juice out of an fruit'... in a metaphorical sense like learning all that I can from one Chinesepod lesson, making use... Read more