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Posted on: Employee Exercises
May 29, 2012 at 4:20 AM

I have seen this type of situation, and sometimes it is quite interesting to watch. Normally, it would be a group of salespeople doing exercises in front of a store. I also see this type of thing in front of restaurants. It reminds me of my time in the military. ;)

Posted on: Organizing a Marketing Event
April 18, 2012 at 1:42 PM

哈哈

Posted on: ChinesePod Meetup
April 16, 2012 at 3:47 AM

any chance of a Beijing meetup?

Posted on: Can I Eat With You?
March 29, 2012 at 3:19 AM

I sometimes find that "May I sit here?" sometimes really means "May I sit here and talk with you?".

Posted on: Detective Li 6: The Bloody Love Triangle (Part 2)
February 26, 2012 at 5:04 AM

so 变态 can mean both psychosis and psychopath?

Posted on: Buying High-Speed Train Tickets
February 23, 2012 at 11:34 AM

I have some experience with this. Normally using putonghua is no problem, but even still, it is good to have the train number, the departure and destination cities listed on a sheet of paper in case there is some misunderstanding. Especially becareful not to mix cities up, i.e. Suzhou/Xuzhou. Having the cities written in Chinese may be helpful.

Posted on: Discussing Old Jobs
February 22, 2012 at 3:06 PM

Does this mean that '我么老实人一个' could be translated as 'regarding me, I am an honest person'. Do I understand this correctly? Thanks.

Posted on: Driving in China
February 15, 2012 at 3:53 PM

for me, when I think of the difference in sound between "she" and "shi", I think of the "she" as a more gutteral sound, kind of like being punched in the stomach when pronouncing the 'e' part. "Shi" doesn't have that. The same is true for the "che" and "chi" situation. To me, the 'e' sounds kind of like 'uh' in english. However, I am not an expert on this topic, but I hope this helps.

Posted on: Driving in China
February 15, 2012 at 3:45 PM

我也不敢。

Posted on: A Simple Tour of the Office
February 14, 2012 at 3:45 PM

After moving to China, I started referring to the bathroom simply as the toilet. Normally, I simply think of the room that houses the toilet as a "restroom".