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Posted on: Lili and Zhang Liang 1: A Fated Meeting
March 9, 2011 at 4:07 PMHi darkstar94,
I guess this 了 here indicates a change of state (i.e. from being not asleep (awake) to being asleep). So 睡 means sleep, adding the 了 changes the meaning to "fall asleep" - I secretly fall asleep during class.
Posted on: Stealing a Nose
March 9, 2011 at 3:22 PM甲：My dog's got no nose.
乙：Oh! How does he smell?
甲：Terrible!!!
Posted on: 网络隐私
March 8, 2011 at 5:10 PM或多或少
Posted on: License Plate Characters
March 7, 2011 at 5:26 AMHi veronique21,
军 is indeed army. You may also see:
空 - air force
海 - navy
警 - police
使 - diplomatic/embassy
想不起来 means unable to think of or remember/recall something. So, you have it in your brain somewhere but you can't (at the moment) retrieve it.
"记不住" means unable to get it into your brain in the first place.
There was an old episode of Qing Wen that gives a good explanation of 记住 and 记不住:
Posted on: Drinking Game
March 4, 2011 at 7:08 AM明白了。谢谢 Connie.
Posted on: Drinking Game
March 4, 2011 at 4:49 AMGreat lesson!
I have a question about a word from the supplementary vocabulary, 行酒令, translated as a game where the loser must drink.Is the 行 here a verb? Can I say something like 我们行酒令吧。?
Thanks.
Posted on: Duty-free Products
February 28, 2011 at 4:30 AMThanks Connie. Got it! You may want to ask Jason to take another look at the translation for the baby sentence.
Posted on: Second-hand Bicycle
February 27, 2011 at 6:27 PM娶 is only for wives.
Posted on: Introducing Oneself to the Neighbors
March 9, 2011 at 6:08 PMYou're right - neighbours was pretty popular in the UK (is it still going?). I suspect most people watched it mainly for the sunshine!