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John
Posted on: Too Many Food Allergies
October 9, 2010 at 1:50 AMPeople can always surprise you with how amazingly thoughtful as well as how amazingly thoughtless they can be...
Posted on: Music Corner in the Park
October 9, 2010 at 1:46 AMYes, also 打 (dǎ): 打锣 (dǎ luó)
Posted on: Music Corner in the Park
October 9, 2010 at 1:45 AMWhat, you couldn't find a beautiful woman playing the drums? :)
Posted on: Music Corner in the Park
October 9, 2010 at 1:45 AMSnogging is quite popular in certain Chinese parks in the evening... Young lovers can't get any privacy, so it's the best they can do!
I'm not sure it's evolved into a "corner" yet, though... :)
Posted on: The Frog Prince in the Well
September 30, 2010 at 6:28 AMThat's right.
Posted on: The Frog Prince in the Well
September 30, 2010 at 2:11 AMGoogle translation of that one line:
Then she was beside herself with rage, picking him up and threw him out of all strength against the wall, "now you'll be quiet, you horrid frog."
Harsh!
Posted on: The Frog Prince in the Well
September 30, 2010 at 1:53 AMThe "boasting" here means "talking big," i.e. claiming to be able to do something that you really can't.
一把 here describes the action, which is done quickly (rather like 一下子). Don't think of it as the 把字句 word; that won't be helpful in understanding the sentence.
谁知 is one phrase, and 一 goes with 落地 ("as soon as he hit the ground").
Posted on: The Frog Prince in the Well
September 30, 2010 at 1:43 AMThanks! 10 years in China and a personal interest in Chinese do have their positive effects...
Posted on: Construction
September 28, 2010 at 3:55 PMHa! (They're listening.)
Posted on: Too Many Food Allergies
October 9, 2010 at 1:51 AMNot a first. How many can you find??? :)
(And for extra credit, try comparing across 'Pods...)