User Comments - xiao_liang

Posted on: An Introduction to Chengyu

Love the Princess Bride! Classic classic film with some genius moments :)

Posted on: An Introduction to Chengyu

Another vote for a full 成语 series here! I've always loved them (but can never remember them!)

Posted on: Too Many Food Allergies

Hiya babs

I had a conversation about this at the weekend with some chinese friends (for obvious reasons!). They were firmly of the opinion that I should stick with 伯父 and 伯母 as opposed to 叔叔 and 阿姨. 叔叔 implies that you are a young man, late teens or early 20s. For someone like me (I'm 33), that would apparently be weird, even though my parents are older than they are. 伯父 is just more respectful, and so is a safer bet.

Then we got on to what I should be calling the various grandparents, uncles, aunties, cousins etc, and I decided that "你好" was a safe bet :)

Posted on: An Introduction to Chengyu

Damnit, I thought that was a current thread, and started to reply to it! :-)

Posted on: Asking about What to Wear

I could be wrong, but I think the alternative is just 一点 without the 儿...

Posted on: Cats Are Cool

really nice family that decided they wanted to cook up their two kittens for my friends

That might lead me to re-evaluate the "really nice" part!

Posted on: A Stroll through the Hutongs

I have a 的 (de) question! In the expansion, we see:

别问了，我不会告诉你的。

Bié wèn le, wǒ bù huì gàosu nǐ de.

Is this 的 just to add emphasis?

Posted on: Cats Are Cool

What a delightful story... put me right off my kitten curry for lunch.

Posted on: Cats Are Cool

The down side of our two indoor cats is that I often take my first bare foot step out of bed in the morning into a fresh pile of warm cat puke.

... *rushes out to buy a cat*

Posted on: Cats Are Cool

I'm allergic to pretty much all animals :-p My ex- has a cat though, so I have anti-histamines on hand.

And my girlfriend loves dogs.

So basically, I'm screwed :)