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The Billy Ocean Question
August 26, 2010 at 12:46 PM
'突然' 和 '忽然' 有什么区别？
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Confusion with 什么
August 25, 2010 at 07:17 PM
In one of the elementary lessons I encountered the following sentence. 除了读书什么都不知道 Now I know what this means and that 以外 can happily be dropped but I'm still...
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想了想有什么意思
August 24, 2010 at 07:06 PM
我最近看一本书。 一个句是“他想了想” 我觉得句的意思是"he thought and thought" 对不对。 如果不对有什么意思
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把十元的票子破开
August 24, 2010 at 03:03 PM
把十元的票子破开: To break a ten-yuan note The phrase in the title is from the Nciku dictionary in my iPhone. I used it this way the other day and got a laugh in return! My...
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Using 着 to provide a durative background
August 22, 2010 at 12:43 AM
'Mandarin Chinese - A Functional Grammar' gives the following example on the use of 着: 小狗摇着尾巴跑了。(Xiǎogǒu yáozhe wěiba pǎo le.) Would it be possible to say thi...
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如果 一个 主题 都是 中文 是不是 就 没人 敢 点进去 呢？
August 20, 2010 at 04:53 AM
这两天 回归 ChinesePod， 也 发了 几个 主题， 都是 全中文的， 然后 发现 即使 我 是 在 反映 测试系统 存在的 问题， 也 没有人 理会， 真奇怪！ 难道 这里 其实 人 很少？ 还是说 其实 如果 一个 主题 都是 中文 的话， 就 没人 敢 点进来 看了呢？
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Easy sentence I'm not understanding
August 18, 2010 at 03:46 PM
Okay so I encountered this sentence 不要为你的美丽伤了我 Looks easy Thinks I knowing all the characters translates to me as Not want to become your beautiful...
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to happen TO
August 15, 2010 at 04:15 PM
How do you say something happened TO someone? The scenario I'm thinking of is as follows: My Chinese teacher asks the class: 谁有一件坏事可以告诉我们？ Then I ask: 什么样的坏事，_______...
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