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Posted on: Changes on ChinesePod
October 27, 2008 at 9:14 AMhi weijin,
If the lesson was published prior to September 1, 2008 it would not be in breach. However, for those lessons published after that date, it would be breach of copyright.
Posted on: How's the weather?
October 27, 2008 at 8:26 AMhi Walter,
弹古筝 (Tán gǔzhēng)
吹笙 (Chuī shēng)
Posted on: No Walking on the Grass
October 27, 2008 at 6:13 AMhi punter888,
The speaker in the Chinese recordings in the expansion sentence comes from 山东 (Shāndōng) province. It's northeast China.
Posted on: American Breakfast
October 27, 2008 at 6:07 AMhi tienchinho,
麦片 (màipiàn) can refer to both 'cereal' and 'oatmeal' here. I think because it's not that common of an item here, this general term is used for both.
Posted on: No Walking on the Grass
October 27, 2008 at 6:04 AMhi vikram,
"the grass is always greener on the other side"
这山望着那山高
Zhè shān wàngzhe nà shān gāo
Posted on: Help with Housework
October 27, 2008 at 6:02 AMhi tienchinho,
“When you are done, put the dirty dishes in the sink.”:
你吃完以后把碗放到水池里。
Nǐ chīwán yǐhòu bǎ wǎn fàngdào shuǐchí lǐ.
Posted on: No Walking on the Grass
October 27, 2008 at 5:47 AMhi vikram,
Yes, 师傅 (Shīfu) is often used to address cab drivers.
Posted on: No Walking on the Grass
October 27, 2008 at 5:47 AMhi grettir,
1) In the Kung Fu movies, they are using: 师父 (shīfu)
2) 不能在草地上走。Bùnéng zài cǎodì shang zǒu.
You could also use “可以 (kěyǐ)” here, its interchangeable.
Very often you will find 可以 (kěyǐ) and 能 (néng) are interchangeable. They both express permissiveness:
这里能不能吸烟？Zhèlǐ néngbù néng xīyān？
这里可不可以吸烟？Zhèlǐ kěbùkěyǐ xīyān？
Posted on: How's the weather?
October 27, 2008 at 3:33 AMhi sucsonmichael,
弹 (tán) can mean 'to pluck'
Posted on: The ChinesePod Dictionary
October 28, 2008 at 1:34 AMhi guys,
The dictionary is here.
To find it through the site, go to the bottom of this page and click on 'Resources', then 'Glossary.'