User Comments - DavidXuzhou

Posted on: After-School Detention

Hi Dorothy,

I can play full lesson on my end. Is it a buffering issue? What browser are you using?

Posted on: U.S. Healthcare Reforms

Yes, totally fine.

Posted on: 明星吸毒待遇不同-别让看脸蚕食社会风气

I guess it will start from next week.

Posted on: Accounting for Taste

方式 more indicates the WAY to do something. 风格 more indicates the STYLE of something.

For example, 做事方式 VS 做事风格

他做事方式很简单，最重要的事先做，然后是不重要的。

他做事风格很简单，直接而且果断。

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这样的建筑方式很符合哥特风格。

Posted on: Accounting for Taste

品味 is a verb, means to taste, to feel something.

e.g 这道菜有十种不同原料，值得细细品味。

品位 is a noun, means class, social status.

e.g 那个人有特别的品味，和其他人不一样。

Posted on: Where Are We Going, Dad?

‘溺爱’ 是指一个过程，如：她对孩子非常溺爱，要什么给什么。

‘宠坏’ 是指一个结果，如：她的孩子已经被宠坏了，经常发脾气。

如果是 ‘溺爱’ 和 ‘宠爱’ 比较的话，溺爱比宠爱程度更深。

Posted on: The New Gym on the Block

It's fine on my end. Have you tried other browser?

Posted on: An Anniversary Surprise

It should be 坎. We're working on it right now. 谢谢你指出这个问题。

Posted on: Haggling Like a Local

Hehe, let me try this way. The 徐 in Shanghainese sounds similar to 'she' in English with more flat in the mouth movements. The 洲 is tricky, sounds like 邹/zou1 with less 'u' sound.

Posted on: Haggling Like a Local

Well, you know Shanghainese doesn't has any own official characters till now. That 斩 is actually borrowed from Mandarin Chinese.

With the meaning of 'to cut', ' to slice', 斩 is more formal than 切 in Mandarin. In the past, it often meant 'to chop down', 'to slaught' or 'to kill with a machete‘. So that might be the reason why it's comparetively less used in modern days. But some sayings still have it, like 斩草除根, 斩钉截铁，斩首，斩获.

Depending on the context, 算了 or /siu le/ (in Shanghainese) in this dialogue is more like 'ok, I'm not gonna keep bargaining with you./ You win, I give up./ I'm tired of this.' It's ok of the translation here.