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Posted on: Road Rage Chinese
May 4, 2017 at 11:13 AM

I've been a user for ten years now. One of the best!

Posted on: Chinese Medicine
March 13, 2017 at 12:01 AM

In the first sentence, you've said 互联网+的 , where + is represented as jiā . Is this + a deliberate alternate way to say "加“ ？

Posted on: 超级细菌
May 19, 2013 at 10:41 AM

我是澳大利亚的医生。 您的故事很有意思我有很多来自中国的病人。

在澳大利亚我们觉得对病毒性感染维生素 C没效果。

得感冒的时候吃锌！

Posted on: 超级细菌
May 13, 2013 at 5:01 AM

I'm a family doctor in Australia, and I use a smattering of Mandarin when I consult with Chinese patients.

Australian doctors are always trying to educate people about the uselessness of antibiotics for viral illnesses as opposed to bacterial ones and the local patients are catching on.

However, when I broach the idea with recent immigrants from China they seem bemused.

Can anyone tell me about the level of awareness of this issue in China?

Posted on: 纳米技术
February 19, 2013 at 6:40 PM

是这样吧

Posted on: 纳米技术
February 19, 2013 at 8:57 AM

What does 沙发 mean here? Obviously not "sofa". I keep coming across it in chat groups now. 

Posted on: Focus and Specialization
December 28, 2011 at 5:44 AM

Me too. I had a private teacher and worked through five volumes of "New Practical Chinese Reader". It got a bit dry in later volumes and the breezy spontaneity of chinesepod provided an excellent contrast.

Posted on: Focus and Specialization
December 28, 2011 at 5:22 AM

Any of the textbooks can do that for you. What I've always enjoyed about Chinesepod over the four or five years I've been a member is the exposure to a whole bunch of different material, often reflecting contemporary language trends. As soon as you sit down and codify the language you quickly end up getting out of date. As for understanding the dialogues at UI, just stick at it. They're a bit tough if you listen to them cold , but if you look at the vocab first then have the dialogue up on a screen when you listen, you'll quickly catch on.

Posted on: How to Say "This"
October 31, 2011 at 9:34 AM

I'd love to learn more about some of the other words that my fellow Aussie Bodawei has listed. Although they're all in the grammar texts, the Qingwen team seem too be able to bring them to life, with their real world examples.

Posted on: How to Say "This"
October 30, 2011 at 9:12 AM

Great lesson.  Can we have some more in a similar vein?