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Posted on: Can't Get to Sleep
February 4, 2010 at 10:05 AM

Thank you for pointing that out. Fixed now.

Posted on: A Jizhou Identity Revealed
February 4, 2010 at 1:04 AM

In this sentence, "起" is a measure word.

"一起案件","一起事故"。

Posted on: Designing the New Apartment
February 3, 2010 at 1:53 AM

mobro 说得对。

The "又...又..." construction is used to connect two adjectives, but the adjectives need to be either negative or positive.

It's better to say "虽然很难,但是很有用。"

Posted on: 《易经》的本意
February 2, 2010 at 3:42 AM

4:19 这三位人物在"一起"真的是挺有意思的

6:24 比如说"就"在这个句子上,就在这个词上面

6:29 或者,甚至于这个字上面

6:37 精华素; essence

7:14 推测tuīcè: speculation, to conjecture, to surmise, to speculate

7:37 会拿着一面"旗子"

8:40 我们刚才也已经说到了一点

8:42 比如像,"测字"

9:06 用一些"道具"的

9:16 古钱

9:46 从中去获取一些知识

10:28 比如说,我们可以"这样"说

11:26 没有"事实"依据

11:28 "出自"他的一些思想和话语

话语huàyǔ: words, speech, utterance, discourse

11:37 来产生这本书

12:24 瞎扯谈xiāchě(也可以说“瞎扯蛋”): to talk irresponsibly, to talk nonsense

12:32 你扯远了- 是什么意思?(扯远了:说了太多跟主题无关的话。跑题了。)

12:35 回到正题吧。

12:56 "成"倍数的bèishù: multiple

14:32 一环扣一环的yīhuán kòu yīhuán de:closely linked

19:07 比如现在的电脑“机器”语言,它就"认"那个零和一

19:39 人类的灭亡“之日”,灭亡mièwáng: to destroy, to exterminate, extinction, to perish, to die out, to become extinct

Posted on: Pay Verbs
February 1, 2010 at 2:56 AM

小狗是很可爱。但是有时小狗也有"不好"的意思。比如,我们经常说:"骗人是小狗。"

Posted on: Having One's Nails Done
February 1, 2010 at 2:43 AM

Nail polish remover 洗甲水 xǐjiǎshuǐ

Moisturizer Cream 保湿霜 bǎoshīshuāng

Foot scrub 足部磨砂膏 zúbù móshā gāo

Foot mask 足膜 zúmó

Parafin Wax 石蜡 shílà

To break a nail 指甲断了 zhǐjia duàn le

Fake Nails 假指甲 jiǎ zhǐjia

Posted on: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
February 1, 2010 at 2:19 AM

A guy marries a girl, thinking she'll never change. And then she changes.

一个男孩儿和一个女孩儿结婚,男孩儿觉得女孩儿永远都不会变。后来,女孩儿变了。

Yī ge nánháir hé yī ge nǚháir jiéhūn,nánháir juéde nǚháir yǒngyuǎn dōu bù huì biàn. Hòulái,nǚháir biàn le.

A girl marries a guy thinking "he'll change". But he never changes.

一个女孩儿和一个男孩儿结婚,女孩儿觉得男孩儿会变。但是,男孩儿却从来没变。

Yī ge nǚháir hé yī ge nánháir jiéhūn,nǚháir juéde nánháir huì biàn. Dànshì,nánháir què cónglái méi biàn.

Posted on: The Magic Word 把
January 29, 2010 at 1:55 AM

在 does't mean "on" when alone.

"在...上" means "on...".

在桌上 zài zhuō shàng, on the table

在地上 zài dì shàng, on the floor

Posted on: A Taxi for Tired Feet
January 29, 2010 at 1:45 AM

Yes. You can also say, 打车dǎchē or 坐出租车zuò chūzūchē. But 打的dǎdī is the most common one.

Posted on: Barbecuing
January 28, 2010 at 2:21 AM

In the test, the sentence should be,

这个太冰了,不可以给小孩子吃。

Zhège tài bīng le, bù kěyǐ gěi xiǎoháizi chī.

This is too cold, you can't give it to the children to eat.

冰bīng,ice

病bìng,sick