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stanimal
Posted on: Beijing Olympics: Opening Ceremony
February 20, 2009 at 7:13 PMfor 'next year', can we say 下年 ａｓ ｗｅｌｌ ａｓ 明年？ ｆｏｒ ＇ｌａｓｔ ｙｅａｒ＇， ｉｓ ｉｔ 上年 ｏｒ ｓｔｈ ｅｌｓｅ？
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Macao
February 12, 2009 at 10:15 PMcome to think of it, there are 3 'take out' ｗｏｒｄｓ, so what are the differences between:
打包，外带，带走 ？
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Macao
February 9, 2009 at 3:24 PMis da3bao1 only used for 'take out' as in wrapping up food leftovers -- while 'take out' as in getting the fresh dish packed to go is wai4dai4 ?
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hunan
January 30, 2009 at 7:04 PMcan 微 be used with any adjective to indicate moderate degree? or is it just a collocation with 辣 ?
thanks! :)
Posted on: Whatever...
January 17, 2009 at 6:32 PMis there any difference b/w 随便 and 无所谓 ? thanks!
Posted on: Mild Swearing
December 27, 2008 at 8:21 PMhow taboo is 他妈的 -- is it like "damn" or more like the f-word?
btw, the russian equivalent of "wearing a green hat" is "wearing horns"
Posted on: Finding an Apartment
December 24, 2008 at 7:11 PMi guess i was thinking about a generic formula to decide what part of speech a word is, based on the position of characters (e.g. if a first character is a verb - the whole word is, too). any rules of thumb...?
Posted on: Finding an Apartment
December 23, 2008 at 10:36 PMit seems that 适合 is a verb and 合适 is an adjective... is there a general pattern to be derived here? thanks!!
Posted on: What's your type?
December 20, 2008 at 8:17 PMin that case the guys are in for a long haul... :(
Posted on: The Olympic Marathon
February 21, 2009 at 3:52 PMwhy does 2 (er) have second tone?? shouldn't it be 4th?