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Posted on: Li Yan's Diary: Love and Italian Food
December 22, 2009 at 12:26 PM

享受生活 - xiǎngshòu shēnghuó - to enjoy life

http://chinesepod.com/resources/glossary/entry/享受

Posted on: Li Yan's Diary: Love and Italian Food
December 22, 2009 at 12:25 PM

享受生活 - xiǎngshòu shēnghuó - to enjoy life

http://chinesepod.com/resources/glossary/entry/享受

Posted on: Superman
December 21, 2009 at 12:38 PM

Hi, a quick grammar question. In Chinese, we usually drop the verb "is", e.g.

Tā hěn cōngming. (He is very smart.)

When using shízài (indeed), is it optional to use shì? Is there a rule? In the Glossary examples some use "...shízài shì..." and others "...shízài...".

http://chinesepod.com/resources/glossary/entry/实在

Thank you.

Posted on: Time Period Patterns with 末, 底, 初
December 19, 2009 at 1:37 PM

If we want to say New Year's resolutions, can we say:

新年的计划 - Xīn Nián de jì huà?

on page 3 of the .pdf it should be:

都没有完成 - I didn't finish any of them.

 

Posted on: Time Period Patterns with 末, 底, 初
December 19, 2009 at 1:14 PM

Great question, dahouxiaohou, yes, that would be a great 请问. The expression I have heard used most often to say "pay the restaurant bill" is 买单 - mǎidān.

http://chinesepod.com/resources/glossary/entry/买单

I didn't know 还信用卡, thanks!

Posted on: Ways to Describe Things that are "Inside"
December 17, 2009 at 2:22 PM

梦中 - mèngzhōng - in(side) a dream

http://chinesepod.com/resources/glossary/entry/梦中

Posted on: Ways to Describe Things that are "Inside"
December 13, 2009 at 12:08 PM

Hi, the team went over how to say "I have mental problems", how would we say "I have a lot on my mind"? As in, I am worried about about a lot of things. Thanks!

Posted on: Skiing, Not Ice Skating
December 9, 2009 at 3:12 PM

Hi, speaking of gliding and slipping, how do we describe a surface as "slippery"? E.g.,

Careful, the kitchen is very slippery.

Posted on: Hang Up and Ride!
December 3, 2009 at 11:47 AM

byzanti,

Yes, you are right，good catch. I meant:

听得见

Posted on: Hang Up and Ride!
December 2, 2009 at 1:57 PM

CPod, thank you for all the extra examples during the dialogue explanation, those really help.

As fcollins pointed out, 听的见 - tīngdejiàn should be: to be *able* to hear, in the supplementary vocabulary.

Another example of swapping 不 (bù) with 得 (de):

买不起 - mǎibùqǐ - cannot afford

买得起 - mǎideqǐ - can afford