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henning

Posted on: 十月怀胎

July 21, 2008 at 6:15 PM

weifeng,

妊娠剧吐: [ rèn shēn jù tù ]

lit: pregnancy (妊娠) hyperemesis (剧吐)

Posted on: 十月怀胎

July 21, 2008 at 4:57 PM

Discussed this with a native (wife):

According to her 流产 is the super-term, 人工流产 - or short 人流 - a sub-term. So 流产 can mean both a miscarriage or an abortion. The key is that the baby is gone. 人工流产 / 人流 are more precise in that regard.

Add-on: A 革命 or a 恐怖计划 can also be subject to a 流产 (that these are 人流 is understood).

Posted on: 十月怀胎

July 21, 2008 at 1:07 PM

pinkyjeans,

sorry, my mistake ;)

lostinasia: Yes - knowing the subject ahead of the podcast sometimes miraculously boosts comprehension rates by 50% or more.

Posted on: 十月怀胎

July 21, 2008 at 12:06 PM

user2880, pinkyjeans,

I disagree. The English would be in the way.

And all critical words and phrases are given in English in the Vocab tab / the HTML-text file / the PDF. The rest is usually pretty straight forward Chinese - or can at least be quite directly looked up. It is different in the "Media" level.

For CPod the following can be said:

Advanced with English == Upper Intermediate

Posted on: Olympics and more...

July 19, 2008 at 6:32 AM

auntie, I agree - a "changye-Podcast" would be cool. Not "Cantonese shows" but rather hardcore lessons on the development of the Chinese language over space and time with ethymology, dialects, developments of characters and pronounciation. Maybe packaged in the Advanced format (in Mandarin).