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<p>News and Features - Spring 2011 News</p>
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<p>Qing Wen - Getting to the Bottom of 到底</p>
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<p>: 到底</p>
<p>dao4di3</p>
<p>really, to the very end, after all</p>
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<p>: 第一种是，我们经常在问句里看到。</p>
<p>di4yi1zhong3shi4,wo3men5jing1chang2zai4wen4ju4li3kan4dao4.</p>
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<p>Beijing Standard Time - Getting Married in China</p>
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<p>Qing Wen - By Myself, So Alone</p>
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<p>: 一个人</p>
<p>yi1 ge5 ren2</p>
<p>alone, by oneself</p>
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<p>: 我一个人住。</p>
<p>wo3yi1 ge5 ren2zhu4.</p>
<p>I live alone.</p>
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<p>: 我喜欢一个人旅游。</p>
<p>wo3xi3huan5yi1 ge5 ren2lv3you2.</p>
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<p>Beijing Standard Time - The Many Sounds of Chinese</p>
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<p>Qing Wen - Eating Idioms, Part 3</p>
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<p>: 吃了炸药</p>
<p>chi1 le5 zha4yao4</p>
<p>to eat explosives</p>
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<p>: "吃了炸药"就是乱骂人，说话很难听。</p>
<p>"chi1 le5 zha4yao4"jiu4shi4luan4ma4ren2,shuo1hua4hen3nan2ting1.</p>
<p>To 'eat explosives' ...
<p>Beijing Standard Time - Working in a Chinese Office</p>
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<p>Qing Wen - Eating Idioms, Part 2</p>
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<p>: 吃软饭</p>
<p>chi1 ruan3fan4</p>
<p>to live off of a rich woman</p>
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<p>: 吃苦</p>
<p>chi1ku3</p>
<p>to eat bitter</p>
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<p>: 中国人很能吃苦。</p>
<p>Zhong1guo2ren2hen3neng2chi1ku3.</p>
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<p>Beijing Standard Time - English Teaching Jobs in China</p>
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<p>Qing Wen - Eating Idioms, Part 1</p>
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<p>: 吃素</p>
<p>chi1su4</p>
<p>to eat vegetarian</p>
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<p>: 我不吃肉，我是吃素的。</p>
<p>wo3bu4chi1rou4,wo3shi4chi1su4de5.</p>
<p>I don't eat meat. I'm a vegetarian.</p>
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<p>: 比较好欺负。</p>
<p>bi3jiao4hao3qi1fu5.</p>
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<p>Beijing Standard Time - Inside the Baozi Business</p>
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<p>Qing Wen - Of Soldiers and Military People</p>
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<p>: 兵</p>
<p>bing1</p>
<p>soldier</p>
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<p>: 冰</p>
<p>bing1</p>
<p>ice</p>
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<p>: 我是一个兵。</p>
<p>wo3shi4yi1ge5bing1.</p>
<p>I'm a soldier.</p>
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<p>: 那个兵很帅！</p>
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<p>Beijing Standard Time - What's in a name?</p>
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<p>Qing Wen - The Various Guises of "Until"</p>
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<p>: 到</p>
<p>dao4</p>
<p>to arrive</p>
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<p>: 我到了。</p>
<p>wo3dao4le5.</p>
<p>I've arrived.</p>
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<p>: 从......到......</p>
<p>cong2......dao4......</p>
<p>from...to...</p>
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<p>: 等到商店开门了，我们再去。</p>
<p>deng3dao4shang1dian4kai1men2le5,wo3men5zai4qu4.</p>
<p>Let's ...
<p>Beijing Standard Time - Marco Polo in China</p>
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<p>Qing Wen - Making the Most of 最 (zui)</p>
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<p>: 你是世界上最漂亮的人。</p>
<p>ni3shi4shi4jie4 shang5zui4piao4liang5de5ren2.</p>
<p>You're the most beautiful person in the world.</p>
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<p>: 瑞士的巧克力最好吃。</p>
<p>Rui4shi4de5qiao3ke4li4zui4hao3chi1.</p>
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<p>Qing Wen - So (adjective) that...</p>
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<p>: 我饿得能吃下一头牛。</p>
<p>wo3e4de5neng2chi1xia4yi1tou2niu2.</p>
<p>I'm so hungry I could eat a cow.</p>
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<p>: 我饿得能吃下一头大象。</p>
<p>wo3e4de5neng2chi1xia4yi1tou2da4xiang4.</p>
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<p>Qing Wen - Back in the Day with "当"</p>
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<p>: 当我八岁的时候，就开始练武术了。</p>
<p>dang1wo3ba1sui4de5 shi2hou5,jiu4kai1shi3lian4wu3shu4le5.</p>
<p>When I was 8 years old I started practicing martial arts.</p>
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<p>: 当......的时候</p>
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<p>Qing Wen - Actually</p>
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<p>: 其实</p>
<p>qi2shi2</p>
<p>actually</p>
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<p>: 我以为那里很近，其实很远。</p>
<p>wo3yi3wei2na4li3hen3jin4,qi2shi2hen3yuan3.</p>
<p>I thought that place was really close, but actually it was far.</p>
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<p>Qing Wen - The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Verbs as States</p>
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<p>: 门开着。</p>
<p>men2kai1zhe5.</p>
<p>The door is open.</p>
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<p>: 电视开着。</p>
<p>dian4shi4kai1zhe5.</p>
<p>The TV is on.</p>
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<p>: 空调开着。</p>
<p>kong1tiao2kai1zhe5.</p>
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