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Hello, I'm Greg from Oakland, California. I enjoy landscape photography and nature. You may find me riding my bike, hiking trails after work, or swimming. I have a graduate degree in Educational Technology and I specialize in mobile learning as a career. 你好! 我叫 Greg 来自 Oakland, California. 我喜欢风景摄影 I've recently made some Chinese friends and I want to learn to speak Chinese and travel. Learning Chinese feels very challenging because there are so many characters to learn, where do I begin?
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Elena 郭⭐HSK/Business
Chinese (Mandarin)
Dec 19, 2013
.数词  (1)表示时间                                          8 diǎn 点40 fēn  分                                                  2009 nián 年7 yuè 月7 rì  日                                                             xīngqīsì  星期四  (2)表示年龄                                      Tā 他 jīnnián  今年24 suì 岁。 (3)表示钱数                                              15 kuài  块  (4)表示号码                           Wǒ 我 de 的 diànhuà 电话 shì  是58590000。 
Elena 郭⭐HSK/Business
Chinese (Mandarin)
Dec 15, 2013
79. You set me up! 你出卖我! Nǐ chūmài wǒ! 80. Can I help you 我能帮你吗? Wǒ néng bāng nǐ ma? 81. Enjoy yourself! 祝你玩得开心! Zhù nǐ wánde kāixīn! 82. Excuse me,sir. 先生,对不起。 Xiānsheng,duībuqǐ。 83. Give me a hand! 帮帮我! Bāng bāng wǒ! 84. How’s it going? 怎么样? Zěnmeyàng?
Elena 郭⭐HSK/Business
Chinese (Mandarin)
Dec 14, 2013
25. My treat. 我请客。 Wǒ qǐngkè。 26. So do I. 我也一样。 Wǒ yě yīyàng。 27. This way。 这边请。Zhèbiān qǐng。 28. After you. 您先。 Nín  xiān。 29. Bless you! 祝福你! Zhùfú nǐ! 30. Follow me. 跟我来。Gēn wǒ lái。  31. Forget it! 休想! (算了!) Xiūxiǎng! (Suànle!) 32. Good luck! 祝好运! Zhù hǎoyùn!
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    The Gap Between My Father and I

    This gap [is] not just the generation gap like other family [families] or other parents with {their} children. In my childhood, I hate[d] my father. He is [was] so serious that I can’t joking [couldn't joke] with him. He often be angry at just [Often, he'd get angry over] a little thing or word. And my father have [had] a bad temper, he [was] always drunk, I also hate the alcohol.[I hated his drinking.] so there are lots [There were lots of] quarrel[s] and fight[s] between my parents. He was a soldier, so he is [was] tall and strong but my mother is [was] short and thin. He is [was] very vain, the vain man [and] always believes [believed that everything] what he does [did was] is absolutely correct.

    {And} then, my parents divorced when I was studying at [in] {a} junior middle school, and I'd spend time with my mom without my dad. {And} it [still] hurts me. I can’t forget this [my] pain. I don’t call him dad, daddy or father, [I] just said [say] what I want to said [say] to him in all of our talks. I used to wish he would drop dead.


    But one day, I have a dream, in that dream, my father died.I can’t overcome this grief, I just cry [cried], and cried myself [after I awoke] awake from the [that] nightmare. At that time, I realized that I love him even though he [created a lot of suffering] makes me suffered a lot. He is my father, he loves me, just like my mother told me that he loves me. That is when my relationship with my father began to change. That is when I began to understand my father. He's very generous. He is worried {about that} [if] I would be injured at school. He, are [is] not good at expressing his feelings, {are} not good at say [saying "I love you."]  “love”, he feels that love is real action to do [He feels he shows his love through his actions]. He was [always] very busy for[in] his work,  and have [had] a lot [lots] of pressure.


    And now, there is a [new] development in my family. My parents remarried. Of all the resentment, there is not a real hate, but lack of communication and understanding. [All the resentment, the hate, it was only a lack of communication and understanding.]

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    December 23, 2014
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    Merci beaucoup bear234. =)
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    May 29, 2014
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    Exactly how serious are Chinese about numbers and their meaning? In the US we may feel that 13 is an unlucky number, but I feel like the Chinese are more serious in their belief. I understand that 8 is a lucky number. How about 3 and 5? Are there others?
    May 29, 2014
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    Lucky numbers? In the US we may feel that 13 is an unlucky number, but I feel like the Chinese are more serious in their belief. I understand that 8 is a lucky number. How about 3 and 5? Are their others?
    May 29, 2014
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    学习中国的语言很快? 失败很多次!! 我不喜欢失败很多次。我想学习中国汉语更快。我感到尴尬,不舒服。我不想丢脸 。我想要的感觉较不敏感。
    May 4, 2014
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    May 4, 2014
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    A Childish Mother

    An old Chinese saying is "old and small ", which means the that old people may behave like kids. I think it is true for my mother.

    After the Spring Festival, my mother's leg hurt so much that she couldn't walk. My husband and I took her to hospital and the doctor said that she needed to stay in the hospital. She had been to staying in the hospital for one week, and I often went to the hospital to take care of her.

    When she almost recovered (*As she neared recovery*) , she went came back to home. And I suddenly discovered found that she was a little bit dependent on me and my husbands and I. Because our apartment is only 5 minutes walking  distance  (*is only a 5 minute walk*) from her apartment, she asked us to have dinner with her and my father everyday. We agreed. So, we firstly go to her apartment to cook dinner and have dinner with her and my father after we get off the work. (*After we get off work, the first thing we do is go to her apartment to prepare dinnner, then join them dinner.*) 

    She often stands against (*next to*) the window of the balcony, and happily calls my name when she see me, just like a child waiting for his or her (*their*) mother to comeing home. I feel strongly felt that she hopesed to have us around her. (*to keep us around / to keep us close to*)

    It might be true that old people (*elderly*) return to be as weak as children. They need concerns care and protection from their children, just like children need care concerns and protection from their parents.

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    May 4, 2014
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    Song lyrics I am grateful for the gift of you 你的礼我很感谢 Today I want to remember forever 今天,我要永远记住 May your heavy heart find a way to walk along with mine。 你的心重发现一个方式在走旁边我的心脏
    January 1, 2014
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    Stating not translating, which is better? I would be concerned, if you did not put your daughter first. 我会关心,如果你不首先把你的女儿 I agree with you. Your daughter should always come first, I'd feel concerned if you did not (place her first). 我同意你的。你的女儿应该永远是第一位的。我觉得关注,如果你没有。 I understand that your daughter will always come first. I would be upset if this were not the truth (or the case). 我明白你的女儿将永远是第一位的。我会感到关注,如果这不是真理(或情况)。
    November 13, 2013
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    Oct. 6

    Do you like the tv show <"Two and a Half Men">? It is funny, and it could make people laugh. I like it ,but I don't love it. Everytime you I saw it, I would feel passive pensive. Maybe lift life is actually like that. Maybe Men are like that.

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    October 9, 2013
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