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aeflow
Posted on: Lili and Zhang Liang 12: The Breakup
August 12, 2007 at 10:12 PMThe messages in this thread seem to have been rearranged out of chronological order, at least for the messages dating from April.
Posted on: Introducing Oneself to the Family
August 10, 2007 at 6:01 PM*grammar
Posted on: Introducing Oneself to the Family
August 10, 2007 at 6:00 PMThe usage of 可 + 是 by the 爷爷, as described in the grammer link for "可", was also used in an earlier lesson: http://chinesepod.com/learnchinese/arriving-in-china-on-business
Posted on: The DVD Vendor
August 7, 2007 at 10:11 PM部 is a measure word for films. A good book for learning measure words is http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Chinese-Measure-through-Pictures/dp/7800522016/ . It comes with sample sentences in simplified characters and pinyin.
Posted on: Free Association
August 6, 2007 at 8:40 PMSince we already have 只要 and two forms of 只有, maybe we should throw 只好 (must, have to) into the mix for extra fun. Next week's episode: 张亮,你只有一个选择,你只好追求丽丽。只有这样你才能得到幸福。只要不放弃,你就一定能成功。只要爱就行。
Posted on: The ChinesePod Dictionary
August 5, 2007 at 9:32 PMThe dictionary doesn't seem to allow lookup by traditional characters. I tried 直徑 and got nothing, then tried 直径 and got the entry (with 直徑 given as the traditional version).
Posted on: The ChinesePod Dictionary
August 4, 2007 at 8:18 PMI think he's referring to the bedroom scene lesson involving Zhang Liang and Lili. Although the sound effects were really top notch and a lot of unique new vocabulary was introduced, in hindsight it may have been somewhat immodest.
Posted on: Free Association
August 3, 2007 at 8:09 PMChinese Wikipedia says 当且仅当 for if-and-only-if, and the ABC dictionary seems to confirm this
Posted on: The ChinesePod Dictionary
August 3, 2007 at 12:41 AMI entered "藤蔓" ... ABC Dictionary says téngmàn, Xiandai Hanyu Cidian says téngwàn. ChinesePod dictionary says... teng2man2 ?
Posted on: Social Networking
August 13, 2007 at 12:08 AMMark, One of the alternate meanings for 都 in the ABC Dictionary is "already". So perhaps 我都结婚了 and luoyien's 都12点了，还不睡觉 could be interpreted that way. Xiandai Hanyu Cidian likewise gives 表示‘已经’: 饭都凉了,快吃吧 as the fourth alternate definition for 都. All of these examples do seem to be associated with use of 了