dummydecoy
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Oh, the name of his clinic is "Family Dental Clinic & Diagnostics"
with the slogan: "Quality Dental Service For Everyone in the Family"
What's the best way to present it in Chinese? Thanks!
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Oh, the name of his clinic is "Family Dental Clinic & Diagnostics"
with the slogan: "Quality Dental Service For Everyone in the Family"
What's the best way to present it in Chinese? Thanks!
So, I guess he doesn't have a Chinese name for the clinic, yet. He should have one.
For now, I'm thinking just something like "全家牙诊所，照顾你全家.
BladeoftheImmortal
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Got to make it super chinese, like "Happy Happy Sunshine Teeth."
“乐乐阳光牙”
“乐乐阳光牙”
dummydecoy
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Can you complete the formula mate? I have no idea what name and adjective to insert on there. lol
Liquid_015
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Nope it doesn't work anymore. It expired 3/30/2015. Let me know how to join or send another QR code?
BladeoftheImmortal
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What's your Wechat name? I can add you and then send you an invite.
GenericBadGuy
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I'm looking for a comedy show or other TV shows that are sort of like 屌丝男士 (Diors Man?). Namely - that I can still find it funny and bearable to watch while still learning Chinese. 屌丝男士 has actually been pretty on point, with cameos here and there from US TV stars. I'm having a lot of trouble stomaching most Chinese television that isn't documentaries, but boy does CCTV have some fantastic documentaries.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
BladeoftheImmortal
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Yea, I should watch more Chinese stuff to practice, but most Chinese programs bore me to fucking tears. It's almost all the same.
Against the Japanese war movies, ancient Chinese dramas,or modern soaps where everyone is fucking rich business men and women with force drama... Everywhere! Somebody make it stop!
Against the Japanese war movies, ancient Chinese dramas,or modern soaps where everyone is fucking rich business men and women with force drama... Everywhere! Somebody make it stop!
Liquid_015
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should be Liquid_015
Lol it ain't that bad. I've been in worse Wechat groups that included mostly Chinese people. I'm in a photographers group chat with like 100 people and this dude sent out a 2 minute long video of a girl on a leash getting boned in the streets. He said he thought it was performance art.
That being said we can clean it up a little bit, welcome more people to join. Tell your gf 不好意思 for us.
Don't forget civil war dramas!
"Nationalists scum or Japanese scum?" is my favorite drinking game when I am in a place that has CCTV on mute.
Well, it used to be, we all became too familiar with these shows by now.
I don't know the name of your friend.
I think the most common and easily recognizable approach is to just put his chinese translated name for the <insert name> part. For example, let's say your friend's name is David.
大卫牙科诊所, 为您全家提供高质量的牙科服务
高质量 = high quality.
Chairmanchuck
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Which lens?
Liquid_015
Gold Member
Absolutely Stunning. Finally a decent picture of Shanghai's Skyline with SWFC and the new bldg!
24-70 2.8 L Canon. 5D MkIII Body.
Liquid_015 said:
Thanks! I'd like to think I have lots of decent pictures here haha.
Liquid_015
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Do you have the original in its full resolution? I would love to have a copy of the photo to use as a wallpaper! Thanks!
Got Alipay on your Wechat? Send me 50 RMB, or you can buy it at my 500px store.
Just kidding, PM your email or QQ or something I'll send it.
Accomodation at Fudan? I don't know. Off campus that area is relatively cheap, share a place with your pal you'll probably pay 2000 rmb each per month for a pretty nice 2 bdr place.
Should be gym at Fudan ( think there are 2 actually according to my friend).
Food is either cheap as chips or hella expensive. Depends on your lifestyle. Water is cheap. China in general can be as cheap or as expensive as you want it to be. You could eat 3 meals for less than 20 rmb per day in Shanghai if you really wanted to (I hope you wouldn't do this).
Any specific questions I can try to help.
Visiting Beijing for the first time on a tour, got sucked into the nice girls wanting to have coffee but they order expensive tea scam in the main shopping area. Didn't know it was a thing but do now after googling it. Cost me 2500rmb to get out of there, which has blown my budget to hell.
Feel so fucking stupid :-(
Feel so fucking stupid :-(
Heading back over to Shanghai in a couple weeks for business. Not sure I will have to much time to play this trip. Maybe my fall trip I will be there longer and see if there is a meetup somewhere.
I need to buy a purse. I usually go to Han City 580 Nanjing West Road | 南京西路580号 , but not sure this is the best place anymore. If anyone has updates I would appreciate it.
I go over to Pudong's Science and Technology Museum sometimes, but it seemed there was quite a few shops closed the last time I visited there.
I need to buy a purse. I usually go to Han City 580 Nanjing West Road | 南京西路580号 , but not sure this is the best place anymore. If anyone has updates I would appreciate it.
I go over to Pudong's Science and Technology Museum sometimes, but it seemed there was quite a few shops closed the last time I visited there.
BladeoftheImmortal
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Happened to me, too.I just said I only have 300 rmb with me and left.
Go to the cops, they often can get you your money back.
sasimirobot
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The thing Will and I do is try to waste as much time of the scammer(s) as possible. Say things like, "Oh I need to go to an ATM Pokemon funny money branch to withdraw my millions", and make them follow you. Or make random phone calls, go to the toilet in starbucks, stop in convenience stores, ask stupid questions like, "tell me about Chinese history?", etc...
Just see how long you can string them along. Its good fun!
Just see how long you can string them along. Its good fun!
If you're still in Beijing really, go to the cops. 2500 RMB is far above the average they take out of a scam:
http://classicsalted.blogspot.hk/2012/07/how-we-busted-chinese-tea-scam_1204.html
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thornt...a-house-ceremony-scam-getting-your-money-back
http://www.bamboocompass.com/china-scams-the-teahouse-scam-12769.html
Chairmanchuck
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Actually it is depending on the tea.
I majored in Chinese (and history) and lived there for about 2 years during and a bit after college. After returning to the states, I really haven't done anything with it for about 5 years since it was just a lot more difficult finding opportunities to learn, and I was slightly pessimistic about every becoming truly proficient.
I started back up again recently though after getting interested in educational theory and researching about how we actually learn languages. It actually gave me the motivation and confidence to pick it back up considering that most research suggests that the two most important skills are listening and reading, and well, I can do that shit on my own. Moreover, it really is just about practice and getting quality hours in, not really all that much about 'skill' or ability. Frankly, I just don't think I put in the necessary hours into listening when I was studying Chinese.
So yea, listening and reading quite a bit of Chinese right now and it is kinda fun to get back into it. Any recommendations would be welcomed
I started back up again recently though after getting interested in educational theory and researching about how we actually learn languages. It actually gave me the motivation and confidence to pick it back up considering that most research suggests that the two most important skills are listening and reading, and well, I can do that shit on my own. Moreover, it really is just about practice and getting quality hours in, not really all that much about 'skill' or ability. Frankly, I just don't think I put in the necessary hours into listening when I was studying Chinese.
So yea, listening and reading quite a bit of Chinese right now and it is kinda fun to get back into it. Any recommendations would be welcomed
It depends on him if he wants to share an apartment with me. Said it could be a little contra productive for our language progress if we spend all day together. Otherwise I found a couple of nice shared apartments with international folks/students which I would kinda prefer (you get in touch with people who already know the city and may save you from some nasty scams. Plus making some rudimentary international contacts)
That's good to know, helps me calculate the living expenses a little bit better.
Well thanks a lot for the info. Any advice for the language side? I passed the third semester in Chinese which might equal HSK 4(?) though the material we are working with 新实用汉语课本 seems to be quite outdated. Which leaves the question where I can rather easily fresh up my vocabulary of contemporary Chinese. Vorsitzender Chuch mentioned 漫画 several times though I don't know where to look for any.
Your time in China will be whatever you make of it. Just come out here and give it a shot. I haven't taken any classes so I can't offer you advice on that. Just go outside and meet people, speak Chinese, etc. and you will learn a lot, doesn't matter who you are rooming with cuz ideally you will only go home to sleep anyway. Just don't worry so much.
Unfortunately my tour group shipped out to Suzhou early the next morning, so couldn't take any of the good advice here and go to the police. So many warning signs, I was really stupid. There were a couple of big guys blocking the doorway after I got the bill, so didn't know if negotiating, refusing to pay or trying to run would escalate into something much worse. Decided better to get out with just money damage.
At least I'll be on my guard from now on, especially for a visit to Nanjing Rd in Shanghai in a couple of days.
Found out another couple in my group were approached by a "professor" in Beijing at the same time but they managed to avoid going anywhere with him.
sasimirobot
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Can somebody update and post the QR code for the wechat group? The last one expired. I have tried to get my coworker on it, searched for China-Gaf, etc...nothing works.
You want to subject your coworker to the horror that is the WeChat group?
You can get the code yourself, choose the icon in the upper right and then scroll down to get the QR code (on iOS at least.)
sasimirobot
Junior Member
I use dumb phone.
But yeah my coworker has good taste in video games so I wanted to expose him to NeoGaf...
I'm free from school, so now I have all kinds of time to wander around China when I'm not working! Hooray! I figure I'll ask here, though: Does anybody know if there's like, a McDonalds or something where the wifi is slightly less restricted in China? I can't download Mewtwo onto my 3DS with the wifi at my place so I wanna come up with alternatives.
BladeoftheImmortal
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You fucked, bro. Luxuries of living in China.
Great Firewall is everywhere. You need to put a VPN onto your router if you want to have access to free internet. Random shops ain't doing that.
sasimirobot
Junior Member
I thought parts of Shanghai have unrestricted internet, does anybody have experience with that?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Free-Trade_Zone
Oh wait, looks like they didn't go through with it after all:
"lthough it was initially reported that the zone would also have unrestricted access to the internet (with bans on sites such as Facebook lifted),[7] the official Xinhua News Agency has stated that Internet restrictions would not be lifted"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Free-Trade_Zone
Oh wait, looks like they didn't go through with it after all:
"lthough it was initially reported that the zone would also have unrestricted access to the internet (with bans on sites such as Facebook lifted),[7] the official Xinhua News Agency has stated that Internet restrictions would not be lifted"
Some hotels offer it, you might as well pony up for a VPN.
I've got a VPN, which lets me browse the internet freely on my laptop. I don't think it's compatible with my 3DS, though. I wonder if I can somehow route my 3DS through the VPN? Hmmm.
sasimirobot
Junior Member
Bought my ticket to Shanghai May 1st-3rd, who is going to be around? I want to visit your fine drinking establishments.
Check your vpn's support website. They might have steps to show you how to put the vpn at the router level so all traffic is filtered through it. I know my VPN allows me to do that but I haven't bothered as the only device I use at home with my VPN is my desktop.
You generally need a custom firmware on your router to do that, it's generally not super complicated if you're a bit tech savvy, look for guides for your maker.
A simpler solution is to use your computer as a wifi hotspot, read more about it here -
https://www.cactusvpn.com/setup/share-vpn-windows-7-wi-fi/
This is probably the better option, since I'm currently living at a school (I'm teaching English to first year High School students as an internship) and don't have the router password signin. The router's in my room, and the stuff's written on it, but someone must have at some point changed it, and it's probably for the best I not mess with that.
Liquid_015
Gold Member
If you are in Shanghai, some hotels (Shangri-La in Pudong) has internet that allows you to browse Facebook and etc...
Got back from my brief visit a couple of days ago, and already I'm missing being in China despite my unfortunate encounter in Beijing. Really enjoyed being in a vast country with a vast population and such energy. Makes NZ feel a little sleepy.
Been thinking about going and teaching English there since I'm not enjoying my job here now and I'm in two minds. Got back to NZ and was stunned by the clear blue sky and fresh air. Never had that coming back for a trip to the US. It would be a lower income, but lower costs and a total change from my IT job now.
Just need to separate in my mind being on a tour with good hotels, catered meals and organized activities wit actual reality living in a small apartment, working every day and cooking for myself.
Been thinking about going and teaching English there since I'm not enjoying my job here now and I'm in two minds. Got back to NZ and was stunned by the clear blue sky and fresh air. Never had that coming back for a trip to the US. It would be a lower income, but lower costs and a total change from my IT job now.
Just need to separate in my mind being on a tour with good hotels, catered meals and organized activities wit actual reality living in a small apartment, working every day and cooking for myself.
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