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pearltowerpete
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 6: Shopping for the Newborn
May 19, 2009 at 3:07 AMHi calkins,
Don't worry bud! We're cool, we're cool!
But you can get your own damn sandwich ;-0
Posted on: Hot and Cool 热, 烫 , 凉 , 冷
May 19, 2009 at 2:50 AMHi all,
CPod is a welcoming learning environment for Chinese learners of all levels. We rely on our warm and helpful poddies.
It's natural to get frustrated or baffled by this difficult language, complex society and anxious global climate. But CPod is here to help.
We are in the midst of massive improvements and renovations. When these are complete, we will be able to offer much better and more useful content. One improvement will be the classification of Qing Wen by difficulty, like the regular lessons. This should help adjust people's expectations and avoid the heartache of a too-easy/too-difficult Qing Wen.
Posted on: 了 (le): Something's About to Happen
May 19, 2009 at 1:41 AMHi mrmilk
Qing Wen does not have PDFs. We are working to fix this problem. We expect to have some good news about this very soon. Thank you for your patience.
Posted on: Springtime on the River -- 次北固山下
May 19, 2009 at 1:34 AMHi all,
Here is today's poem:
客路青山外，行舟绿水前。
kèlù qīngshānwài , xíngzhōu lǜshuǐqián
潮平两岸阔，风正一帆悬。
cháopíng liǎng'àn kuò , fēngzhèng yīfānxuán
海日生残夜，江春入旧年。
hǎirì shēng cányè , jiāngchūn rù jiùnián
乡书何处达？归雁洛阳边。
xiāngshū héchù dá? guīyàn luòyáng biān.
客路青山外，行舟綠水前。
潮平兩岸闊，風正一帆懸。
海日生殘夜，江春入舊年。
鄉書何處達？歸雁洛陽邊。
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 6: Shopping for the Newborn
May 18, 2009 at 5:26 AMHi all,
Please be polite.
We are working as quickly as we can to repair the search function. We know how important it is.
In the meantime, I suggest searching with Google or another search engine.
Posted on: Olympic Excitement
May 18, 2009 at 4:58 AMHi teach_beach and calkins
I agree completely with calkins' point that entertainment is a beautiful thing to those that appreciate it. Art makes our lives so much richer.
But I share teach_beach's frustration with the content of the opening ceremony. Art is one thing, propaganda is another. The two are closely related. But art serves the soul, where propaganda serves the State. In my eyes, the opening ceremony veered too far into the realm of propaganda.
I'd have liked to see that all that money go into low-profile projects like education (not necessarily college, either-- what about skilled trades and organic farming, which require serious brain power?) or health and hygeine. But those take a long time to pay dividends.
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 6: Shopping for the Newborn
May 18, 2009 at 3:03 AMConnie tells me that many Chinese babies wear bright red clothes for their first hundred days, because it is very 吉利 lucky. Red is the color of life and vitality.
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Taiwan
May 18, 2009 at 2:55 AMHi calkins,
Good observation regarding 一会儿.
"The Hungry Traveler" is the story of a ainland tourist who goes all over looking for delicacies. So he would prounce the "er."
Posted on: Dealing With Depression
May 18, 2009 at 2:14 AMHi bodawei,
There is no perfect Chinese translation for malingerer or the lovely word "gold-bricker."But there is a nice way to describe slacking off or shirking one's duty:
拈轻怕重 niānqīngpàzhòng means to avoid hard tasks in favor of easy ones
Connie and Vera explain that taking an unpaid leave of absence but keeping your position is called
留职停薪 （liúzhítíngxīn） literally, "hold position, stop salary)
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Taiwan
May 19, 2009 at 5:52 AMHi tsulu,
None of the CPod team could say for sure, but we googled 草莓糖葫芦 and found some good pictures. You also get results with 冰糖草莓.
In the mainland, 冰糖葫芦 is the most famous of these kinds of snacks. It was covered in the earlier Hungry Traveler about Beijing. It's a candy-covered "haw” or 山楂 in Chinese.