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BeccaChu
Posted on: Chinese Idioms - Spiderwebs and Horse Tracks
April 30, 2019 at 2:29 AM马到成功 means "to accomplish sth. quickly".
You can say "另一个棒球队不太好,所以今天的比赛马到成功" lìng yīgè bàngqiúduì bù tài hǎo ,suǒyǐ jīntiān de bǐsài mǎdàochénggōng
The other baseball team is not very good, so in today's game, we had a swift success.
"我想要买鞋子跟意大利面,在超市很快就买到了,马到成功." wǒ xiǎngyào mǎi xiézǐ gēn yìdàlìmiàn ,zài chāoshì hěnkuài jiù mǎidàole ,mǎdàochénggōng
I wanted to buy shoes and pasta, and i got them in the supermarket, it was a quick and easy purchase.
Posted on: A Concerned Colleague (下)
April 30, 2019 at 2:12 AM倒霉鬼 and 倒楣鬼 are both correct. This is one of the cases where people from different areas of China would have different language usages.
Posted on: A Concerned Colleague(上)
April 30, 2019 at 2:05 AM江湖术士 is more like a charlatan or a swindler, it can be used to describe people who treat patients with no real medical skills.
Posted on: The Ideal Woman?
April 30, 2019 at 1:58 AMThe full sentence is "我是不会说什么性格最重要,外表不在乎那种自命清高的话的。“ which means "I'm not the type to be self-righteous enough to say that personality is the most important thing."
Posted on: Using Transition Words For Better Story Telling
April 30, 2019 at 1:56 AM首先...(at first),其次...(secondly),再次...(and then),最后...(at last) These words are very important for storytelling!
Posted on: Quitting My Job and Starting Over
April 30, 2019 at 1:53 AMIt means to commute to work and back. You can say "我每天上下班通勤" I commute to work and back every day.
Posted on: How to use “所”──”所”的用法
April 30, 2019 at 1:48 AMYou're definitely right, you can find more examples for 所谓 in the expansion tab.
Posted on: How to use “所”──”所”的用法
April 30, 2019 at 1:48 AMThat's great to hear! Thank you for the positive comment.
Posted on: Not ready for bed
April 30, 2019 at 1:47 AMHi Yingyue, when we're having a conversation with children, we would try to keep the dialogue as simple and straightforward as possible, sometimes we leave out certain particles but it doesn't change the meaning of the text. But the sentences you wrote are definitely correct. Thank you for your input.
Posted on: Tell me your business secret!
May 2, 2019 at 2:28 AMHi Yingyue, thank you for your positive feedback! We're glad you like it.
We have updated the lesson, there's Chinese and English recordings in the vocabulary recap now.