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Posted on: Traveling and Chopsticks
September 24, 2007 at 7:51 AM

Washing the dishes in hot water in restaurants also extends to washing the chopsticks - definitely a hygene thing. Taipan: what on earth has Serge done to you to merit such an insult? Incidentally, a Chinese from Beijing of my acquaintance says Serge's Chinese is fantastic

Posted on: Eating Tofu
September 24, 2007 at 7:05 AM

Juno Как лучше приготовлять?

Posted on: Traveling and Chopsticks
September 21, 2007 at 7:30 AM

Wonderful! The difference between men and women's attitude to marriage and dating -beautifully brought out by the lack of meeting of minds in the podcast. Speaking (as a man!) I don't think the problem is anything to do with Chinese v Western attitudes. In England (some) women will ask the same questions and (some) men will have the same answers - it's the fundamental fact that women want to catch a man and hold on, men are not looking for that initially

Posted on: In-Laws and Drinking
September 7, 2007 at 5:59 PM

Oh dear. Eileen thinks that beer is hard liquor.

Posted on: New Year's Resolutions
September 1, 2007 at 11:22 AM

Here are some more words that I managed to pick out of the discussion (see Connie’s post above) – I hope they are correct. Lookups mainly courtesy of http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=main 为止 wei2 zhi3 until 重视 zhong4 shi4 to attach importance to sth / to value 思议 si1 yi4 to imagine / to comprehend 不可思议 bu4 ke3 si1 yi4 inconceivable / unimaginable / unphatomable 其中 qi2 zhong1 among / in 标志 biao1 zhi4 sign / mark / symbol / symbolize / to indicate / to mark 记住 ji4 zhu5 to remember 单独 dan1 du2 alone / by oneself / on one's own 钓鱼 diao4 yu2 (n) fishing / (v) go fishing 钩子 gou1 zi5 hook 休闲 xiu1 xian2 leisure / relaxation 相反 xiang1 fan3 opposite / contrary 表演 biao3 yan3 perform / act / play / show / performance / exhibition / demonstrate 专长 zhuan1 chang2 (n) specialty 惊讶 jing1 ya4 confound 失惊 shi1 jing1 shocked 灰心 hui1 xin1 lose heart / be discouraged 评价 ping2 jia4 to evaluate / to assess 批评 pi1 ping2 to criticize / criticism 公正 gong1 zheng4 just / fair / equitable 笔钱 bi3 qian2 fund 几乎 ji1 hu1 almost / nearly / practically 全部 quan2 bu4 whole / entire / complete 流血 liu2 xue4 shed blood

Posted on: A New Home Page
August 29, 2007 at 2:10 PM

Help - there is no download link on this page - only the player

Posted on: It's Not Hard to Say Goodbye
August 29, 2007 at 2:10 PM

Help - there is no download link on this page - only the player

Posted on: Volleyball
August 25, 2007 at 9:41 AM

batimangai If you search for football you get a number of lessons there already.

Posted on: The Cocktail Party
August 25, 2007 at 9:37 AM

For anyone trying to catch the Chinese in the discussion, here are some words that may help that I managed to pick out – I hope they are correct. I used this online dictionary for most of the look ups: http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=main 鸡尾酒 ji1 wei3 jiu3 cocktail (‘chicken tail drink’) 黄酒 huang2 jiu3 "yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm) 场合 chang3 he2 situation / occasion 客套 ke4 tao4 polite greeting / courtesy (in words) 专属 zhuan1 shu3 exclusive 用字 yong4 zi4 diction 做作 zuo4 zuo5 affected / artificial - pretentious 人物 ren2 wu4 characters (in a play, novel, etc.) / figure / someone who plays a part 总裁 zong3 cai2 chairman / director-general (of a company, etc) 当官 dang1 guan1 official 头衔 tou2 xian2 official title 难受 nan2 shou4 to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear 可怕 ke3 pa4 awful / dreadful / fearful / formidable / frightful / hideous / horrible / terrible / terribly 真心 zhen1 xin1 (adj) sincere; heartfelt 感到 gan3 dao4 to feel / to sense / to have the feeling that / think that / to move / to affect 友好 you3 hao3 friendly (relations) 仰视 yǎngshì look up at 崇拜 chong2 bai4 adore / worship 尊敬 zun1 jing4 respect / respectfully / revere / reverence 幸运 xing4 yun4 fortunate / lucky / fortune / luck 称赞 cheng1 zan4 to praise / to acclaim / to commend / to compliment 谦虚 qian1 xu1 modest 表扬 biao3 yang2 to praise / to commend 姓氏 xing4 shi4 family name 尊贵 zun1 gui4 respected 宾客 bin1 ke4 guests / visitors 来宾 lai2 bin1 guest / visitor 搭配 da1 pei4 to pair up / to put into pairs / to add something into a group / to match 原谅 yuan2 liang4 to excuse / to forgive / to pardon 抬高 tai2 gao1 to raise, to favour (to raise esteem) 包容 bao1 rong2 pardon / forgive / contain / hold 给面子 gěi miànzi give face 炫耀 xuan4 yao4 show off one's talent 相貌 xiang4 mao4 appearance 平等 ping2 deng3 equality 性别歧视 xìngbíeqíshì sexual discrimination, sexism 交际 jiao1 ji4 communication / social intercourse 排名 pai2 ming2 a roll of honour – make a list 突出 tu1 chu1 prominent / give prominence to 财富 cai2 fu4 wealth / riches 场地 chang3 di4 space / site / place 影响 ying3 xiang3 an influence / to influence / to affect (usually adversely) / to disturb

Posted on: Volleyball
August 25, 2007 at 4:48 AM

The vocabulary in this lesson is somewhat complementary to the one on Table Tennis. I had never heard of 'spike' not being a volleyball fan or player. Racket sports that I know use the English word 'smash'. Does Chinese have an equivalent word? I am looking forward to a lesson on badminton (or perhaps tennis)