User Comments - cassielin
cassielin
Posted on: Flowers and Bugs
March 7, 2008 at 2:49 PMThank you John and Jenny, very good lesson. I like the picture very much, especially the sunflower向日葵xiangrikui. John, 为人民服务is very good! I wonder that can you understand the expression that you and jenny are Cpod's 辛勤的园丁?^_^ Hope you can. Again, thank you!
Posted on: MSN and QQ
March 7, 2008 at 2:16 PMHi changye, yes, you are right, it is hard to remember the lyric of rap music. I wonder that do you know Jay, chou? The pop star from Taiwan, China. His songs are very famous in the young generation here although sometimes it is hard to catch each word in the lyric. Jay always sing unclearly and that is his song's character. And matthiask is right. Karaoke is very popular here. I often go to KTV with my friends! You can look at the lyric and sing. Whether you are good at singing or not, just have fun!^_^
Posted on: MSN and QQ
March 6, 2008 at 3:24 PMAuntySue and shagrat, I was not used to type pinyin before. we get used to type each word's pinyin separately in China. And i should admit that i was puzzled by those pinyin without tones sometimes. You know, a pinyin can have several characters to match in chinese. Such as, ta=他/她/它; shui=谁/睡/水/税; there are many examples alike. So i think it is important to add the tones when you type pinyin. Otherwise, it will take time to guess the meaning sometimes.:-) when it come to QQ, i just want to mention a pop saying “潜水”qian2shui3. 潜水original meaning is dive or diving, but in this QQ context it means 隐身yin3shen1. 隐身means that someone who hide and pretend to be offline.
Posted on: Equestrian
February 21, 2008 at 3:18 AMSparechange, Thank you. I will go and check.
Posted on: Equestrian
February 21, 2008 at 2:20 AMHope there will be more lessons about the Olympic games since 2008 is the year of Olympic in China. 2008奥运年！加油！
Posted on: Hot Soup
February 19, 2008 at 4:30 AMauntie68 吃药 is the general saying. It depends on the detail medicine you take. If it is pills,then we say吃药eat, if it is liquid, then we say喝药，such as 喝咳嗽糖浆drink cough syrup. By the way, many Chinese traditional medicine need to be decocted and then drink .
Posted on: 简体字与繁体字
February 18, 2008 at 1:27 AMWow, bazza, you got the sofa! 我喜欢简体字，简单，方便，快捷！
Posted on: Valentine's Day
February 15, 2008 at 1:29 PMauntie68, As far as i know ,"death anniversary" means 祭日ji4ri4 in chinese and "memorial" means 纪念日ji4nian4ri4 in chinese.
Posted on: 马丁· 路德 · 金
February 15, 2008 at 3:26 AMI have a dream I dream that one day i can master English; I dream that one day i can travel around the world; I dream that one day i can have a big stage for my own. 我有一个梦想 我梦想有一天我能够精通英语； 我梦想有一天我能够环球旅行； 我梦想有一天我能拥有一个属于我的大舞台。
Posted on: MSN and QQ
March 7, 2008 at 3:03 PMChangye, For me, it is easy to understand those ordinary pop music ,ballades and folk songs. The understanding is basis on the context. Each song has its own context like a short story. But i should admit that sometimes i will also miss some words when i listen to it for the first time.