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Posted on: Son or Daughter?
July 2, 2009 at 8:17 AMSometimes it's difficult to tell it's a boy or a girl in a baby cart! "Oh, xiǎomèimèi zhēn piàoliang” (小妹妹真漂亮)，little pretty girl! The mother will smile at me and say: "tā shì nánháir”, it's a boy~~~" How embarrassing!
Posted on: Buying a House
July 2, 2009 at 8:05 AM@yossarianbeijing, "入住" rù zhù 是 “to go in”，“to move in" 的意思！You can refer to the rollover in the dialogue.
Posted on: Love Tangle 1: A Suspicious Text Message
July 2, 2009 at 4:29 AM@baiwenkai, the great writers are Jenny and Jiaojie, hehe!
@tabushuai 我们现在经常挂在嘴边的“绿帽”最早是唐朝一个叫李封的县官发明的，据说他任职延陵县令期间，规定若官吏有罪，可不加杖罚，但须令头裹绿头巾以羞辱，且期满后才能解下。这大概就是“绿帽”的最早来源了。This 绿帽子 can be dated back to Tang Dynasty, it was said that an officer named 李封 started to use this kind of punishment "绿帽". Whoever in the army broke the rule, and would be punished by wrapping a green headscarf.
至元明时，政府部门更要求娼妓家中的男人都得戴绿头巾。从此以后，就用戴绿头巾、绿帽子等来讥讽妻子有外遇或淫行的男人。于是女人红杏出墙，自家的男人便戴起了绿帽，所谓红花还得绿叶配，一红一绿交相辉映，真乃“红杏枝头春意闹”也！In Yuan Dynasty, the government established a law that all the men(husbands of prostitutes) in prostitution should wear a green headscarf. From that on, "绿帽子" is used to satirize man whose wife is cheating on him or has a certain relationship with other man.
Posted on: Dubai
July 2, 2009 at 2:32 AM@humanitad, "高级" has different meanings, it's not a country-ish word, though sometimes the context of the conversation (maybe the person involved) may be a little bit country-ish.
"高级" high in rank/grade/quality | Zhè shì ∼ yān. These are top-class cigarettes.
Posted on: 对症下药
July 2, 2009 at 2:04 AM@kuaizihaizi, exactly, it's a common saying, you can also say "怎么搞的", to say that you don't know what is going on or how something is messed up!
Posted on: Love Tangle 1: A Suspicious Text Message
July 1, 2009 at 9:27 AMJenny说得对，天天黏在一起，一点都不好，适当的分离会起到意想不到的作用！我讨厌小心眼，斤斤计较的男人。
Posted on: Job Interview
July 1, 2009 at 6:27 AM@joeborn, Jenny said "常用搭配" chángyòng dāpèi, frequently used collocation!
Posted on: Are You Free?
July 1, 2009 at 6:27 AM@joeborn, is it in this lesson or in Job Interview? It seems it's in Job Interview.
Posted on: Love Tangle 1: A Suspicious Text Message
July 1, 2009 at 5:32 AMWho knows? Lightening could strike! But anyway, the wife sounds calm and reasonable.
@changye, 很可能是便秘！哈哈！
Posted on: Getting Nationalities Straight
July 2, 2009 at 9:59 AM@shethchintan, 欢迎你来ChinesePod, 你在中国吗？