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translation problems
March 08, 2010 at 10:56 PM
I am translating a text and I found some difficulties. Anybody eager to help. Thanks in advance. 他平日在店里。但是他也常常到 相熟 的公馆里去做活，或者做 包工 ，或者做 零工 。 祖父聘请 了一位 前清 的 老秀 才来管教我们 老...
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háishì
March 08, 2010 at 10:06 AM
Can háishì (还是) be used as an implied threat, as in "you had better not ...". For example, in the classroom, can you say to a kid who is talking: 你还是闭嘴...
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Really good Chinese food
March 05, 2010 at 10:04 PM
Hi everyone, this is my first post, I hope Im not repeating anything or not looking hard enough through the Cpod lessons but, figured this was the right place to ask...
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How to say "form groups of 6 people" in Chinese?
March 02, 2010 at 04:32 AM
I actually need to know this within the hour. I would be incredibly grateful if someone can help me soon. Again, I want to say: "form groups of 6 people"...
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Punching holes in a belt
March 02, 2010 at 03:23 AM
How do you say 'Can you please punch another couple of holes in my belt? [A common problem for Westerners spending time in China in my experience - they lose w...
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Which 了s belong here and which don't.
March 01, 2010 at 12:08 PM
Yeah, it's true. I still don't get when to use 了. I have seen examples and explanations galore, but it seems everytime I write something and someone corr...
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míng 名
February 27, 2010 at 01:29 AM
In what cases do we use 名 as a measure word for people? I have seen it used for Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE /* Style Defini...
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What's the stroke order logic of 臣?
February 26, 2010 at 01:49 AM
I recently tried to input the stroke order for 臣 into my cell phone's dictionary. I had a heck of a time because I kept thinking that the first stroke would be...
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more '了‘ connundrums
February 24, 2010 at 03:24 PM
I know that you don't normally use ‘了’ in describing things that you do every day. But what about if you want to emphasise the completion of a given acti...
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