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| Chinese communist songs about Africa | 12/11/2008 |
Q: When I was in China, a woman that owned a restaurant told me that when she was young she learned ...
A: I am sorry but I don't know anything song about China and African countries. It's very possible in ...
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| help! | 10/2/2008 |
Q: NI HAO! i m a medical student.i will be becoming doctor in few years.Since childhood i have been ...
A: Medical terms are always difficult as a foreign language, no matter whether it's Chinese or English ...
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| Gift for chinese friends | 9/10/2008 |
Q: I fortunately found this site and I'm hoping you can offer some suggestions. I'm a Real Estate agent ...
A: Chinese are always addicted to the history and culture, especially Chinese outside of China. You ...
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| Chinese figurines | 8/9/2008 |
Q: I have a very nice set of 12 carved wooden, lacquered figurines, each about 2 inches long, ...
A: sorry i cannot tell you whether it's valuable as i cannot see it. but usually it is a tourist's ...
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| Writing Chinese | 6/12/2008 |
Q: Recently I read an article that spoke about Chinese writing. I learned that you use a brush to make ...
A: which you said is beautiful. Speaking of the writing brushes, I guess the book you read is about ...
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| gift for teacher | 4/24/2008 |
Q: My son has been studying Chinese in high school this past year. I would like to know if it is ...
A: Glad to hear that your son has been studying Chinese. Actually it was a very good gesture to give ...
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| What is Q'i | 4/4/2008 |
Q: I am currently studying holistic medicine, and I am still not understanding the true definition of ...
A: That's a really complicated question to answer and I don't think I can help this time. I'm really ...
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| Seeking a single lotus blossom... | 3/29/2008 |
Q: I'm a 58 year old American. I don't look the part, (have a great physique) act it, or have the ...
A: Then I guess you have found the right place. It happens a lot in China. An older Foreigners and a ...
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| Appropriate Gifts in Chinese Culture | 3/21/2008 |
Q: An associate of mine and his wife are celebrating the birth of their daughter. I would like to give ...
A: Yes, card and cash is alright for Chinese, which means great fortune to us. If you want to think ...
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| Elder's birthday | 3/16/2008 |
Q: My question is in regards to my father's 70 th birthday this spring. what are appropriate gifts for ...
A: Anything that is relating to Chinese Culture would interest him in my opinion. He would be delighted ...
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| Indo-China Relationship | 2/26/2008 |
Q: Madam....China and India hold thousand years of cordial relaionship and there are many similar ...
A: Sorry to hear that. But I don't think it's the Chinese Tradition. Some people might be very ...
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| Chinese symbols translation from english words. | 1/24/2008 |
Q: I was just wondering if you could tell me what the following would be in the chinese symbols as I am ...
A: Faith-信念 Love-爱 Hope-希望 Michelle-米歇尔 I'm not sure whether your computer can read Chinese, ...
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| Chinese Folk Songs | 11/24/2007 |
Q: I'm currently playing a WWII wargame, and loathe the artificial music-score. Like many others, I ...
A: Sorry for my late in response. I spent sometime looking for the folk songs you mentioned, but all ...
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| Helping a friend | 11/17/2007 |
Q: My friend has come down with ovarian cancer. I wanted to know what are some of chinese customs when ...
A: I'm very sorry to hear that. Honestly speaking, we don't have any special customs for friends who ...
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| 70th birthday | 10/20/2007 |
Q: My husband and I are invited to a 70th birthday of one of his customers My husband has known these ...
A: Most old people believe in Buddhism. You may buy a jade Guanyin for her. Or a couple of jade ...
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| Chinese Architecture | 10/19/2007 |
Q: I lived in Taiwan for 5 years and am kinda ashamed to say that I still don't know why Chinese (and ...
A: Hey Bart, I have never thought about that question before. Well, we take it for granted. They are ...
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| New Chinese Baby Gift | 9/29/2007 |
Q: Shannon: Thanks so much for your thoughtful and helpful responses. My wife and I have adopted 3 ...
A: Great to hear that you have such a close connection with Chinese. Yes, a red thread bracelet or ...
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| appropriate baby gift | 9/27/2007 |
Q: I have friends that are Vietnamese/Chinese who are having a baby boy soon. Although American, they ...
A: Hey Kathy, I think gifts for grandma or older females should be jade bracelets. For grandpa a big ...
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| appropriate baby gift | 9/26/2007 |
Q: I have friends that are Vietnamese/Chinese who are having a baby boy soon. Although American, they ...
A: The perfect gift for a newly born baby in our culture is a red-thread bracelet with a tiny gold or ...
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| 16th Birthday Party | 9/15/2007 |
Q: Hey! My name is Crystal and I love everything about chinese so for my Sweet 16th I would like to ...
A: I don't really think we have CHINESE birthday party. Birthday Party is a foreign thing to us. So I ...
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| Remark about Chinese Language | 9/12/2007 |
Q: My father once mentioned to me how his own father, a renowned Chinese-history expert(my grandfather ...
A: I guess that must be a certain dialect. In Mandarin, there is no such character or characters having ...
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| happiness translation | 9/9/2007 |
Q: I have a necklace with the chinese symbol for happiness. Two Chinese speakers have told me how to ...
A: We have hundreds of dialects in China. So the 2 persons you asked might speak their own dialects. ...
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| Hu Jintao | 9/6/2007 |
Q: Does President Hu speak Mandarin or Cantonese as his first language.
A: I would say Mandarin is his first language. He was born in Jiangsu Province. But I'm sure there is a ...
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| Apathy | 8/31/2007 |
Q: Hey. I'm really sorry to be this annoying but I was hoping you could help me out. I want to know ...
A: The characters for Apathy are 冷漠 or 无情 which ever you like. I would choose the latter one. By ...
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| Name translation | 8/19/2007 |
Q: I have two nieces adopted from China. The first was from the Guandong Province and her name was Mao ...
A: But it's hard to tell what a character mean just by its spelling. For example "Qing" in "Mao Huan ...
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| Translation please? | 8/9/2007 |
Q: http://linuxinit.net/site/images/screenshots/snaps/0330.jpg I figured out that the bottom-right ...
A: Yes, you are right, the bottom right character means Happiness/good fortune/blessing; the upper ...
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| chinese | 7/21/2007 |
Q: Maybe you don磘 know the answer to this question, but I was about to learn either Japanese of ...
A: Hey there, Japanese was invented based on Chinese. That's why you can see lots of Chinese ...
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| Simple Phrases | 7/5/2007 |
Q: I want to learn how to speak simple phrases like "I live in a fairytale." or "Which way to ...
A: Hey Caitlin, I think you first should learn "pinyin". That's the pronunciation of each character. ...
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| Chinese Medical Language | 6/12/2007 |
Q: I am here in Xi'an Jiaotong university for medicine studies, I study medicine in english language... ...
A: Sorry for my late reply. I have been out for a couple of weeks and didn't have time to check my ...
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| chinese kanji pronunciation aid | 6/2/2007 |
Q: I am currently learning japanese, but i really want to learn chinese afterwards. I was just ...
A: Hey Stevo, Very glad to hear that you are interested in Chinese. Yes, you are right, like ...
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| Question | 5/28/2007 |
Q: What is the history of tattoos or the importance of them in China?
A: Tattoos can dates back to 220 BC. In history, prisoners or law-breakers would be tattooed on their ...
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| what means... | 5/8/2007 |
Q: ) I would like to know what is the literal meaning of this simbols , if it is not chinese , forgive ...
A: Hey, It doesn't make any sense at all. Yes, there are 5 Chinese characters under the circle. But I ...
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| Chinese name explanation | 5/7/2007 |
Q: I hope you can give me some advice. For the past 12 years, I have been researching the life of my ...
A: Chinese names are not like American names. We actually have family name first and then the given ...
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| Great Chinese Romans | 5/5/2007 |
Q: Goodafternoon. Please could you help me to answer one question, concerning chinese literature. Why ...
A: 17-18th centuries is the peak time of Chinese romans which can be translated to other languages ...
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| Translation? | 4/24/2007 |
Q: I believe the characters on this picture are Chinese. Is this something you could translate for me? ...
A: Those characters are actually Japanese. I do think they look alike. Japanese originally came from ...
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| culture in Chinese family | 4/16/2007 |
Q: A friend has a son married to a Chinese woman. They live in U.S. The Chinese wife wants to take ...
A: I don't think that's part of Chinese culture as she said. I may call it a custom to leave the ...
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| FIRST BIRTHDAY | 4/9/2007 |
Q: I adopted a girl from China and on her first birthday, was told to lay out a pen, and ball and a ...
A: Yes, i know that tradition too. My mom said i crabbed a pen and they thought i would do something ...
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| translation | 4/3/2007 |
Q: how do i say "how are you" in chinese thanx
A: How are you?=ni Hao ma?(sounds like "Knee how ma?") When you say this sentence, usually the other ...
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| Pronounciation Question | 4/3/2007 |
Q: I am starting research for a man named Dr. Luo. My question is, how do I pronounce his last name? ...
A: Hey Matt! Thanks for posting this question and being my first asker. Luo is pronounced as "l-w-o": ...
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