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Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 8: Trimming the Fat at the Office
February 16, 2009 at 7:20 AM

I still want to know where the phrase frying someone's squid comes from.

Posted on: The Broken Chair
January 16, 2009 at 7:52 AM

I used to get 坐吧and走吧 confused. Should I stay or should I go?

Posted on: The Final Show
January 10, 2009 at 4:08 AM

Very sad to hear you're leaving Amber.

Good luck with your new life in New York. 祝你天天开心，事业有成！

Posted on: Will you Marry Me?
January 9, 2009 at 6:25 AM

So romantic. This dialogue also reminded me of this Jolin/David Tao collaboration..

Posted on: Borrowing Money
December 8, 2008 at 6:40 AM

I recognize the song in the background (Isn't it a rap song?). Does anyone know the name?

Posted on: The Perfect Sandwich
December 3, 2008 at 5:06 AM

I've always got the impression that sandwich meat (at least what I think of as sandwich meat) is not readily available in China. Is that true?

Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 4: Communication in the Office
October 30, 2008 at 4:19 AM

Can 怎么be placed in front of other verbs to mean "so much"? For example..别怎么学习中文？

Posted on: Interview with Cassie
October 27, 2008 at 4:04 AM

From the way it was explained to me, while I lived in China, the military training is something akin to boy scouts or girl scouts in the U.S. The goal is to foster teamwork skills and discipline among the students. Although most of my students usually complained about the experience, heh.

Also, I have agree with the earlier comments about Cassie's English. I can only hope that one day my Chinese will approach that level of comfortability.

Posted on: How's the weather?
October 27, 2008 at 3:22 AM

The many different ways of saying play (an instrument) in Chinese seems to be one case where English trumps Chinese in simplicity. Are there any examples of verbs that we (English speakers) have many words for that the Chinese do not? Just curious.

Posted on: Google vs. Baidu
October 21, 2008 at 2:39 AM

Are there any other Chinese alternatives to Baidu? Also, money issues aside, I was wondering if anyone knows how Baidu creates search results? Is it something akin to page rank? It seems strange that Baidu would employ the old model of letting companies pay for higher placement which hurt most non-Google search engines in the U.S.