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The view of rain 雨景

谁听见雨落下 谁就回想起，那个时候 幸福的命运向他呈现了，一朵叫玫瑰的花 和它奇妙的 鲜红的色彩 ——豪尔赫•路易斯•博尔赫斯 Whoever hears it fall has brought to mind, time when by a sudden lucky

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Lesson 063 It’s Three Quarters Past Six Now.

 M: Dàjiā hǎo. Huānyíng nǐmen dào Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ, lesson 63. Wǒ shì ML.
S: Wǒ shì Stuart. 今天我们yào xué, more about time, 时间 time shíjiān.
M: Stuart has returned to his room, 他回了他的房间 tā huìle tāde fángjiān.
S: And ML has returned home, 她回家了 tā huí jiā le.
M: Actually, we’re in the studio!
S: Don’t tell anyone!
S: wǒ hěn lèi. xiànzài shì jí diǎn? Quarter past eleven! 十一点一刻shí yī diǎn yī kè. 现在，我睡觉 xiànzài, wǒ shuìjiào.
S: Xiànzài shì jídiǎn le? 6:45, in the early morning! 早晨，六点三刻，zǎochen, liù diǎn sān kè. ML’s coming at half-past seven! ML 七点半来, ML qī diǎn bàn lái. I still have 45 minutes. 我还有四十五分钟 wǒ hái yǒu sì shí wǔ fēnzhōng.
M: That’s what he thinks!
S: wéi. 您好？nín hǎo?
M: 我是曼丽.
S: 曼丽?! 你说你七点半来。nǐ shuō nǐ qī diǎn bàn lái. 现在是六点三刻, xiànzài shì liù diǎn sān kè.
M: bú dui. Now it’s 7:25. 现在是七点二十五分xiànzài shì qī diǎn èr shí wǔ fēn.
S: 7:25?! qī diǎn èr shí wǔ fēn?
M: Now it’s 7:26. xiànzài shì qī diǎn èr shí liù fēn. qī diǎn èr shí liù fēn.
S: qī diǎn èr shí wǔ fēn, qī diǎn èr shí liù fēn. She’s so fussy!
M: Now we’ll go over the new stuff.
S: Quarter past eleven. 十一点一刻.
M: shí yī diǎn yī kè. 一刻 one kè. Can you guess what yī kèis? Duìle. A quarter of an hour.
S: So can you say, ‘a quarter past one’? Duìle. Yī diǎn yī kè.
M: And then …
S: 六点三刻.
M: What is liù diǎn sān kè? Méicuò! 6:45. liù diǎn sān kè, liù diǎn sān kè.
S: And I said, I still have 45 minutes! 我还有四十五分钟.
M: wǒ hái yǒu sì shí wǔ fēnzhōng. What is a fēnzhōng? Duìle. A ‘minute’. Fēnzhōng FEN ZHONG fēnzhōng
M: Now for the dialogue again.
S: wǒ hěn lèi. xiànzài shì jí diǎn? shì yī diǎn yī kè. Xiànzài, wǒ shuìjiào.
S: xiànzài shì jídiǎn le? Zǎochén, liù diǎn sān kè! ML qī diǎn bàn lái. wǒ hái yǒu sì shí wǔ fēnzhōng.
S: wéi. nín hǎo?
M: Wǒ shì ML.
S: Nǐ shuō nǐ qī diǎn bàn lái. Xiànzài shì liù diǎn sānkè.
M: bú dui. Xiànzài shì qī diǎn èr shí wǔ fēn.
S: Qī diǎn èr shí wǔ fēn?
M: Xiànzài shì qī diǎn èr shí liù fēn.
M: Get most of it? Hěn hǎo. Now it’s time to xiàkè.
S: One thing. ML, will you lend me a thousand dollars?
M: 你开玩笑, kāiwánxiào!
S: Oh dear. But we did have to practice ‘kāiwánxiào ‘. Zàijiàn

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Chinese language vocabulary 汉语词汇 OMG! Chinese Buzzwords! (20)

阴滋病(yīn zī bìng)
HIV-negative AIDS disease
A Hong Kong-based newspaper reported that some people with AIDS-like symptoms without detectable evidence of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, claimed to have caught an unknown "HIV-negative AIDS disease." The Ministry of Health dismissed the allegation, adding that so-called patients may be suffering from a fear of getting AIDS.

盐荒子孙(yán huāng zǐ sūn)
panicked salt buyers
The crowds of Chinese who rushed to buy salt in the belief it would protect them from radiation from last month’s Japanese nuclear plant crisis that might reach China and cause health problems.

健美猪(jiàn měi zhū)
lean-meat pig
Pigs that are fed illegal additive clenbuterol, also known as "lean meat powder," to speed up muscle building and lower the fat content for better sales. Excessive consumption of clenbuterol-tainted pork can lead to health problems. The term spread widely after the additive was found in products from China’s largest meat processor last month.

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Chinese Characters and Radicals – Chinese Pinyin Finals 2

Chinese Pronunciation 韵母Finals 现代汉语普通话的语音共有三十九个韵母，韵母是由元音或元音加鼻辅音构成的，可分为三类。 (1)只包含一个元音的是单韵母，如a,o. (2)包含两三个元音的是复韵母，如ai,ua,iao. (3)包含一两个元音和一个鼻音韵尾的是鼻韵母，如an,üan,eng,iong. The phonetic symbols of Putonghua (Standard Chinese) in Modern Chinese comprises 39 finals

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