"Well, this is later than I'd intended, but there's been the little matter of 3 feet of snow and a 48-hour power outage, followed closely by nearly 2 more feet of snow under blizzard conditions. But here's another one, sung by the same 姚莉. I could…"
"柯老朋友！你真的太多了！小人好久没听过这首歌啊！Totally love it, and the old-style tinny rendition makes me think it was sung by some wayward starlet in a smoky den of iniquity in old Shanghai... Keep 'em coming!!
Bernard Cleary said:It's been quite a while, but here is…"
"Oops, just realized, the link I provided describes the program, but doesn't actually provide a link to download it. You can download it here: http://www.chinese-forums.com/showthread.php?t=13005 (toward the bottom of the post that describes the…"
"The radical (bei4)--the left half of the character--is a cowrie shell, and appears in lots of money/wealth-related characters: 貧,貨,販, 貪, 貴, 買,賣, etc.!"
"More than just making money, it has the sense of "strike it rich." What better wish for your friends, family and neighbors, especially in a culture where a substantial majority of the population has subsisted on the brink of starvation for…"
"I have not tried Rosetta Stone. I took a semester of Japanese at UW in 1990, and two years of weekend classes at a school affiliated with a Buddhist temple in San Francisco--3 hours weekly on Saturday mornings. Learned quite a lot, but I hardly use…"
"I am having trouble configuring the Windows IME for Japanese (XP operating system). I've got it installed, but when I type, I only get hiragana, and don't know how to get the pop up choice menus to choose the appropriate Kanji. Anyone know how?"
I can totally tell you write "Taiwanese English" : )
All joking aside, your Mandarin is really good. By any chance you know Jason Blatt? He's another genius that settled down in Taiwan and was working for TVBS in their international center. Not sure whether he's still there though.
Wow, Benard, Your Chinese is not only good. It's EXCELLENT! You write like a local and catch the spirit completely! I am so impressed! Where did you learn it? Shi-Da?
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All joking aside, your Mandarin is really good. By any chance you know Jason Blatt? He's another genius that settled down in Taiwan and was working for TVBS in their international center. Not sure whether he's still there though.