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Hi,
I found recently the Kangxi Zidian online under http://www.kangxizidian.com/index2.php ... and I was happy, even if I have the printed edition in custody.

But since some times all the pics are gone. Does anybody know why or can anybody say, what there might be as informations about any technical or legal problems?

Ciao!
Mulan

Website:

http://g-fox.cn/

on my Vista, looks good.

http://i3.6.cn/cvbnm/4e/7f/1b/d002ba...3ea08c4030.jpg
download link:

http://g-fox.cn/chinaedition/release...%202008.11.exe

I just came across this expression meaning deadline. The dictionary does not come up with this expression if you enter "deadline" but this could be because this is a specialist term for the media. I am wondering if this can be used in other situation outside media circles.

新华网平壤11月16日电(记者 高浩荣 张滨阳)据朝鲜《劳动新闻》16日报道，朝鲜最高领导人金正日近日观看了参加第32届军人艺术节的部分连队的文艺演出，并要求在部队中进一步大力加强文艺活动。
报道说，金正日在朝鲜人民军总参谋长金格植、总政治局第一副局长金正阁等人陪同下观看了演出。演出结束时，金正日向热烈欢呼的演员们挥手致意，祝贺演出成功。金正日说，在军队中大力开展文艺活动是提高部队战斗力的重要工作之一，所有部队都要进一步大力加强文艺活动。
报道没有透露金正日观看演出的具体时间和地点，也没有配发照片。

胡子 : 你（nǐ） 好（hǎo，=） 我（wǒ） 想（xiǎng） 租（zū） 车（chē） 。 服务员 : 您（nín） 先（xiān） 填写（tiánxiě） 一下（yíxià） 个人信息（gèrénxìnxī） ， 有（yǒu） 护照（hùzhào） 或者（huòzhě） 身份证（shēnfènzhèng） 吗（ma） ？ 胡子 ： 有（yǒu） ， 这（zhèi） 是（shì） 护照（hùzhào） 。 你们（nǐmen） 这里（zhèlǐ） 怎么（zěnme） 收费（shōufèi） ？ 服务员 ： 每（měi） 天（tiān） 200（èrbǎi） 元（yuán） ， 押金（yājīn） 4000（sìqiān） 元（yuán） 。 胡子 ： 好（hǎo） ， 我（wǒ） 租（zū） 十（shí） 天（tiān） ， 给（gěi） 你（nǐ） 六千（liùqiān） 元（yuán） 。 服务员 ： 谢谢（xièxie） ， 这（zhèi） 是（shì） 车（chē） 钥匙（yàoshi） ， 祝（zhù） 您（nín） 玩（wán） 得（dé） 开心（kāixīn） 。

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My Pidgin 2.5.2 can't display Chinese. I just get squares. Isn't it Unicode? Changing the fonts to a Chinese font does not fix it.

Anybody has a quick fix?

Will be sitting for the HSK really soon, I'm doing this independently so I'm not being helped by any school. I heard that there are 4 sections of the exam and they have recently incorporated a section for kouyu/oral.

Is this true, and can anyone tell me what exactly will be tested. E.g. will they let us read something out loud, answer questions out loud or will they give us a topic and tell us to talk about it for a few minutes?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

张静：大家好，欢迎大家按时收听我们的汉语节目，我是张静。 红梅：大家好，我是红梅。 张静：听说你年底要出国去教汉语了，是吗？ 红梅：我正为这件事儿发愁呢，头疼死了。 张静：这是好事儿呀，发什么愁？ 红梅：本来我挺想去的，也做了很多准备，可是我的爸爸妈妈都不想让我去，你说我怎么办呢？ 张静：别着急，离年底还有一段时间，你可以跟你的爸爸妈妈好好商量一下，让他们明白你的想法，我相信他们最后会同意的。 红梅：但愿他们能同意。 张静：别担心，船到桥头自然直。好了，咱们还是一起来讲俗语吧。 红梅：好，既然你刚才说到了“船到桥头自然直”，咱们就来学习这个俗语怎么样？ 张静：好啊，我先来解释一下“船到桥头自然直”这个俗语的意思。它比喻到了事情发生的时候，总会有解决的办法，所以不用太担心。 红梅：如果为未来要发生的事情担心的时候，我们就可以说“不用担心，船到桥头自然直”。 张静：是的，这个俗语经常用来安慰别人，让别人不要太担心。下面，我们就来听几段对话，一起学习一下。 [Learning Guide] (index.php?option=com_docman task=doc_download gid=150 Itemid=36) [Pinyin Edition] (index.php?option=com_docman task=doc_download gid=151 Itemid=36) [Other Languages] (http://imandarinpod.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=16)

My girlfriend is Cantonese and would dearly love me to be able to chat with me in her native language as would I of course.
Problem is, locally there are no Cantonese courses, only Mandarin, which she also speaks and reckons it's a good starting point.
Given that Cantonese is mainly written using the traditional form , would I be better off focusing my attention on learning that too?
Seems like the obvious answer should be to learn traditional I guess, but then again she tells me that street signs and the main newspapers etc over there are all written in simplified form so I'm a bit hesitant about committing to traditional when the payback is going to be pretty much in the long term.
Sorry for starting another simplified vs traditional topic!:oops:

I have been curious to learn how to say I would like to do _____ tomorrow. As in I would like to do it in the future. As well as how to say I did _____ yesterday. As though i was speaking in past tense. If anyone knows how to form sentences that differenciate future and past hit me up

Please can you tell me what this symbol means... I bought these earrings and I don't know what is this, it may be something bad :( and I wouldn't know it.... Here is a picture of them so please if you can tell me, I would be thankful :help :mrgreen::mrgreen:
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汉生：我可以吸烟吗？
林青：不行，这里写着“禁止吸烟”。
汉生：林青，你会开车吗？
林青：我有驾照，但是不敢开车。你呢？
汉生：这里没有警察，我停一会儿就走。
林青：你最好别停这里，警察来了就惨了。
林青：汉生，你会写毛笔字吗？
汉生：我不会。你可以教我吗？
林青：当然可以。但是我写得不好。
汉生：别谦虚了，你当我的老师没问题。
林青：汉生，你的毛笔字写得越来越好了。
汉生：哪里哪里，是林老师教得好。

Is there any place I can download a large number of Chinese Sentences for practice in my Spaced Repetition software (I have Anki, Mnemosyne, ZDT and Supermemo).

I am currently studying HSK words in Anki, however I would like to move on to sentences.

I know I could input them myself, but is there any collection of Sentences that I could just download and immediately study from?

What is the common generic Chinese term for the ebikes everyone uses in China???

:help

My Chinese wife has installed QQ chat software on our Laptop, and every time I turn it on QQ pops up. I cannot read Chinese and she is not very tech, and so far we have been unable to disable the program from starting when windows boots.

Without resorting to blocking it from starting with other apps, is there a setting within QQ that anyone knows of?

Thanks

The latest excerpt from Yin Binyong’s book on Pinyin orthography covers how to write four-syllable idioms in Hanyu Pinyin (929 KB PDF). Here’s a key passage:

almost all four-character idioms can be broken in two halves, called yǔjié 语节 (language segments), on the basis of phonetic structure. The simple expedient of connecting the two yǔjié with a hyphen then provides idioms with their own distinctive written form, and assures ease of writing and reading. It is also a simple rule for students of HP to master.

But not all four-syllable idioms follow this rule, as the reading shows.

This is a worthwhile reading for Mandarin learners, even if you’re not particularly interested in Pinyin. There are many examples of idioms here, all given in Hanzi, Pinyin, and English.

I do enjoy talking about the HSK!!

So, I have been in special preparation for this exam for the last 3 or 4 weeks, cramming in as much vocabulary as possible with a special focus on the Zong He Tian Kong Section (as I find it almost impossible). The Reading and Grammar parts of the test seem OK, at least so far when I have been practice testing. The listening is rather difficult as I have been neglecting the Television apart from the odd burst of 奋斗and 李小龙、小李龙.

How has everyone elses preparation been going? Have you opted to sit the practice test on Sunday afternoon? I think it is a silly time to have such a test as after you have finished the morning sitting you will be maxed out with examinations. I'd much prefer using it as my morning (or day before) final practice test to tweak my ears and steady my eyes for the real thing.

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