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Posted on: Pregnancy Series 6: Shopping for the Newborn
May 18, 2009 at 11:19 PM

Heard a lot of 你懂什么? this weekend when I was helping about 10 people bargain on one of my tours.  They were awfully mad when I came up and tried to help those non-chinesepodders get a lower price.

Posted on: Dreams of the Departed 陇西行
February 25, 2009 at 5:24 AM

Was actually trying to say I really like this one because it had so many words and phrases that can be used in modern day 普通话.

By the way anyone heard of David Berman?  Without a doubt my favorite contemporary poet, http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/governors-on-sominex/

Posted on: Dreams of the Departed 陇西行
February 24, 2009 at 6:35 PM

How was it you say 'speak barbaric' with the 胡 character?

我觉得这首诗歌有很多当代和相关的单词,所以非常喜欢.  多谢!

Posted on: Pregnancy Series 3: Prenatal Checkup
February 18, 2009 at 5:28 PM

我觉得可能看到你们错了,特地翻译起来应该是 especially, 不是expressly, 对不对?

Posted on: Pregnancy Series 3: Prenatal Checkup
February 18, 2009 at 5:07 PM

两个星期前我就开始在一个干细胞公司上班,我们在深圳,杭州,青岛,和石家庄有医院, 非常非常有意思,我的工作是帮老外到中国来,他们以前是盲人和瘫子但是医疗后会看到东西会走走,很厉害,但是在美国,欧洲,澳大利亚, 都慢慢发现这个奇迹的药

I just started working for a stem cell company that operates here in China.  (stemcellschina.com)  Our international office is in Qingdao.  Amazing stuff they are doing.  Would be awesome if the next medical related lesson could touch on this subject, considering China is becoming the flagship for this style of treatment.  (Would also appreciate any tips on above Chinese)

Posted on: Borrowing Money
January 27, 2009 at 6:29 AM

Is there a lesson on 麻将/mahjong/majiang?  Did a search through the glossary, but no luck.  Thought it might help me tonight when I go over to some friends to play.

Posted on: Making Dumplings
January 27, 2009 at 3:43 AM

Off subject a bit, but the ravioli comment above brought it to mind.  Anyone heard the story about how Marco Polo brought back pizza, along with noodles, to Italy? 

Supposedly he wanted to make some baozi/包子 upon returning and he couldnt figure out how to fang/放 all the xianr/馅儿 inside, so he just fanged/放 it on top and thus we now have pizza.

Posted on: Not So Silent Night
December 25, 2008 at 5:34 AM

This is completely irrelevant, but I have a question regarding subscriptions and I would like to have an answer before the christmas deal runs out, and I figured this would be the place to get the fastest response.

Anyways if my subscription ends next month, will all of my podcasts be erased from my iTunes folder at termination?  I want to renew my subscription but may hold off and just master all of the podcasts I have downloaded over the past year.  Any help/suggestions?

Hope this couldnt have been easily answered with a deeper search through the help pages, but thanks!

Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hangzhou
December 25, 2008 at 5:31 AM

This is completely irrelevant, but I have a question regarding subscriptions and I would like to have an answer before the christmas deal runs out, and I figured this would be the place to get the fastest response.

Anyways if my subscription ends next month, will all of my podcasts be erased from my iTunes folder at termination?  I want to renew my subscription but may hold off and just master all of the podcasts I have downloaded over the past year.  Any help/suggestions?

Hope this couldnt have been easily answered with a deeper search through the help pages, but thanks!

Posted on: Using 除了。。。以外 (Chúle... Yǐwài)
December 7, 2008 at 4:01 AM

I second Calkins' motion!  多谢!