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Forum: Resources and General Study Issues Yesterday, 10:35 AM

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- Five Years Old Today

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Re: - Five Years Old Today

Happy Birthday!

I largely owe where I'm currently living to information gathered from these forums. I'm sure quite
a few people could say the same....



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Forum: Resources and General Study Issues Yesterday, 08:27 PM

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Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

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Re: Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

At the moment if your name isn't on the list above, don't expect to be getting any books. However,
there will hopefully be some kind of longer term arrangement, in one form or another, and so...



Forum: Resources and General Study Issues 23rd May 2008, 04:24 PM

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Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

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Re: Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

Ok, can the following people send a private
(http://www. /private.php?do=newpm&u=3465) message to Elina, who will then tell
you which books you are getting and how they're being...



Forum: Resources and General Study Issues 22nd May 2008, 09:08 PM

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Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

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Re: Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

Ok, as we had quite a strong reponse I've put a preliminary list of what's going to who together
earlier than I planned to, and I'm asked elina to price it so we can see where we are on budget.
What...



Forum: Resources and General Study Issues 22nd May 2008, 08:48 AM

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Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

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Re: Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

Ok, a few issues that I've noticed / have been raised:

I'd originally asked for lists of three books, in order of preference. However, I figure we might
as well ignore that - if you want to list...



Forum: Resources and General Study Issues 21st May 2008, 10:30 PM

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Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

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Re: Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

Add them to the thread, it'll keep the thread active and visible and it means everything is in one
place. Unless you are embarrassed by your choice of books, in which case I guess you can PM me.



Forum: Resources and General Study Issues 21st May 2008, 10:20 PM

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Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

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Re: Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

Good point, will add that.



Forum: Resources and General Study Issues 21st May 2008, 09:27 PM

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Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

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Re: Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

Thanks. Being overseas is a bit of a disadvantage I'm afraid, as there are major cost / time
issues, but hopefully we'll be able to get at least some books sent out of China. What I might do
is send...



Forum: Resources and General Study Issues 21st May 2008, 09:02 PM

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Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

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Re: Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

Integrated textbooks：

A NEW CHINESE COURSE (1) (http://www.studychineseculture.com/book.asp?id=4526)
新编汉语教程课本（第一册）
Seems this new book is revised from this book...



Forum: Resources and General Study Issues 21st May 2008, 09:00 PM

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Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

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Free Chinese Textbooks! No catch!

Ok, maybe one catch . . .

After recent discussions with the folks at Studychineseculture.com
(http://www.studychineseculture.com), we are going to be providing a significant number of free
Chinese...



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Forum: Book of the Month 6th November 2007, 02:38 PM

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Short Story by 郁达夫 (Yu Dafu) - 春风沉醉的晚上 (Spring Night)

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Re: Short Story by 郁达夫 (Yu Dafu) - 春风沉醉的晚上 (Spring Night)

Thought I posted this earlier, but maybe not:

春 can mean love or lust when used in various words. For example,
思春 = longing for someone
怀春 = falling in love
卖春 = to engage in prostitution.



Forum: Book of the Month 31st October 2007, 10:25 AM

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Short Story by 郁达夫 (Yu Dafu) - 春风沉醉的晚上 (Spring Night)

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Posted By gato


Re: Short Story by 郁达夫 (Yu Dafu) - 春风沉醉的晚上 (Spring Night)

Right. 喝 might not even exist in Shanghainese, but my Shangainiese is a bit rusty.



Forum: Book of the Month 31st October 2007, 08:08 AM

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Short Story by 郁达夫 (Yu Dafu) - 春风沉醉的晚上 (Spring Night)

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Re: Short Story by 郁达夫 (Yu Dafu) - 春风沉醉的晚上 (Spring Night)

吃香烟 is Shanghainese for 抽烟. The story was written when Mandarin still wasn't
standardized, and the author uses some Shanghainese phrases in the story. In Shanghainese, you'd
even 吃汤 instead of 喝汤...



Forum: Book of the Month 27th October 2007, 02:21 PM

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Short Story by 郁达夫 (Yu Dafu) - 春风沉醉的晚上 (Spring Night)

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Re: Short Story by 郁达夫 (Yu Dafu) - 春风沉醉的晚上 (Spring Night)

There's hypothetically a danger of giving away the plot, but in this case, I don't think that's
too much of a problem. :D Just be discreet.



Forum: Book of the Month 27th October 2007, 11:23 AM

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Short Story by 郁达夫 (Yu Dafu) - 春风沉醉的晚上 (Spring Night)

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Re: Short Story by 郁达夫 (Yu Dafu) - 春风沉醉的晚上 (Spring Night)

破书 literally means "dilapidated books," but I think here he's using it self-deprecatingly or
self-pityingly to refer to his few possessions. I'm glad you guys are enjoying it so far. I was
very...



Forum: Book of the Month 26th October 2007, 12:59 PM

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Short Story by 郁达夫 (Yu Dafu) - 春风沉醉的晚上 (Spring Night)

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Short Story by 郁达夫 (Yu Dafu) - 春风沉醉的晚上 (Spring Night)

Breaking out from an earlier thread:
http://www. /showthread.php?t=18542

Some of us are reading and will be discussing 春风沉醉的晚上 (Spring Night)....



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Forum: Book of the Month 4th February 2008, 10:26 PM

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Book of the Month Oct. 2005: 兄弟 (Brothers) by 余华 (Yu Hua)

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Posted By roddy


Re: Book of the Month Oct. 2005: 兄弟 (Brothers) by 余华 (Yu Hua)

So what's the next Book of the Decade?



Forum: Book of the Month 30th March 2006, 11:25 PM

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Book of the Month Oct. 2005: 兄弟 (Brothers) by 余华 (Yu Hua)

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Anyone tackling the second part? It's in the...

Anyone tackling the second part? It's in the shops now, not sure if it's online yet.



Forum: Book of the Month 23rd February 2006, 08:54 PM

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Book of the Month Oct. 2005: 兄弟 (Brothers) by 余华 (Yu Hua)

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Yeah, something like 'his arm hung strangely limp...

Yeah, something like 'his arm hung strangely limp . . .'



Forum: Book of the Month 9th October 2005, 10:10 PM

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Book of the Month Oct. 2005: 兄弟 (Brothers) by 余华 (Yu Hua)

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Spent a bit of time with this the last couple of...

Spent a bit of time with this the last couple of days, and am about a quarter of the way through -
just got to where the mum and stepdad have moved in together and the kids have had their first...



Forum: Book of the Month 5th October 2005, 10:39 AM

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Book of the Month Oct. 2005: 兄弟 (Brothers) by 余华 (Yu Hua)

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As you've said it's got major spoilers, perhaps...

As you've said it's got major spoilers, perhaps you can post it as a new topic, and then mark it
clearly in the title as containing spoilers.



Forum: Book of the Month 4th October 2005, 11:21 PM

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Book of the Month Oct. 2005: 兄弟 (Brothers) by 余华 (Yu Hua)

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I'm going to have a shot at this one, but I'm not...

I'm going to have a shot at this one, but I'm not promising i'll finish it. I have a miserable
record with Chinese books as it is and gave up on 活着.



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Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 22nd May 2008, 07:20 AM

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摔倒 vs 摔到 or 摔到了

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Re: 摔倒 vs 摔到 or 摔到了

Thanks, everyone, for the explanations.



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 20th May 2008, 10:23 AM

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摔倒 vs 摔到 or 摔到了

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摔倒 vs 摔到 or 摔到了

( 1 ) 摔倒 Shuāidǎo
( 2 ) 摔到 Shuāi dào ( or with the seemingly obligatory 了) 摔到了 Shuāi dàole

Both are defined as “to fall” and the characters ( 倒 / 到 ) are close enough to have
confused me for a...



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Forum: Reading and Writing 29th August 2007, 02:42 PM

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Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1 and Remembering Traditional Hanzi 1

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Re: Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1 and Remembering Traditional Hanzi 1

As a native speaker of Cantonese and a late-learner of Mandarin, I often have problems speaking
to, and understanding my fellow mainland Chinese counterparts when conversing with them. Often
times, I...



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Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1 and Remembering Traditional Hanzi 1

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Re: Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1 and Remembering Traditional Hanzi 1

As a native speaker of Cantonese and a late-learner of Mandarin, I often have problems speaking
to, and understanding my fellow mainland Chinese counterparts when conversing with them. Often
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Forum: Reading and Writing 2nd November 2007, 06:48 PM

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鄭人買履 - trying to figure out classical chinese

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之 and 而

Good afternoon everyone,

I'm trying to understand the functions of 之 and 而.

Here are some phrases I didn't manage to translate...

王道之始

去而之楚



Forum: Reading and Writing 26th October 2007, 10:39 PM

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鄭人買履 - trying to figure out classical chinese

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Re: 鄭人買履 - trying to figure out classical chinese

really?
why?
feel free to encourage me to stay ;)



Forum: Reading and Writing 26th October 2007, 09:39 PM

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鄭人買履 - trying to figure out classical chinese

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Re: 鄭人買履 - trying to figure out classical chinese

hi!
thank you!
luckily i managed to figure the story out yesterday. the fact that it's a challenge actually
brings more energy to my studying.

Is it difficult? well... lots of signs! it's hard to...



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鄭人買履 - trying to figure out classical chinese

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Re: 鄭人買履 - trying to figure out classical chinese

Hello again,

I'm taking classical Chinese as a part of my degree in East Asian studies in the university.
I think that maybe at first it's a bit tricky to understand, but it seems to me that at one...



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Re: 鄭人買履 - trying to figure out classical chinese

Dear Skylee,

thank you so much,

you're a genuine angel :)


Natalie



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鄭人買履 - trying to figure out classical chinese

你們好，

I'd appreciate it if you can help me understand this han feizi text.
I read it in the 白話 verstion but I can't see the meaning in the classic...



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Forum: Speaking and Listening 23rd April 2008, 03:33 PM

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question for Chinese learners

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Re: question for Chinese learners

Agreed with the above answers, if your site is aimed at people who really want to learn Chinese,
use text. They'll need Chinese fonts sooner or later anyway, and then they'll be annoyed by images.



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