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Children
September 04, 2010 at 09:13 AM
I think I've been confusing myself here. I recollect 孩子们 being for large groups of children (like a school class) as opposed to one or two children. 对不对 if this is r...
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Second Best
September 03, 2010 at 09:57 PM
If 'best' is 最好的 (zuìhǎo de), 'tallest' is 最高的 (zuìgāo de),what is 'second best', 'second tallest'? It isn't as simple as 第二好的 is it? For example, how...
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Collocations Dictionary
August 31, 2010 at 10:32 AM
大家好 Does anyone no of a english/chinese dictionary similar to the Oxford collocations dictionary? cheers A-Bin
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不要 and 不用
August 29, 2010 at 10:33 PM
I know that 不用 is the polite way to decline an invitation for help (or food etc.) but I accidentally just said 不要 on the phone instead. Am I right in thinking...
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语法学不学
August 28, 2010 at 04:36 PM
Despite being a computer programmer I cannot seem to get the language of language to work in my head. This isn't just Chinese but English as well, I don't think abou...
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请问你一个很棘手的问题吗？ Qing3 wen4 ni3 yi1 ge4 ji2shou3 de wen4ti2 (Can I ask you a difficult question?)
August 28, 2010 at 12:39 AM
I would like your views on how best to discuss ‘doosra’, ‘googly’ and ‘mullygrubber’ in Chinese. 都是曲球...
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A difficult question ...
August 27, 2010 at 08:52 AM
Trying to work out how to post a message .. can anyone help? How does the 'Attach a file' function work?
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得 in complement of degree or manner
August 27, 2010 at 07:21 AM
Hi everybody. This question belongs to the "I know how to use it, but grammarwise it does not make sense to me". Here goes: "Please speak a little slower" is rendere...
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Sudden Death
August 26, 2010 at 06:26 PM
猝死 sudden death (noun) What does 瞥死 mean as a verb ? Die of a sudden death ?
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