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LEARNING CHINESE IN 5 EASY MINUTES

Be sure to read Aloud to get the full effects!
This is good for practising the pronunciations with Pinyin!

[English phrase] — [Chinese phrase]

Are you harboring a fugitive? — Hu Yu Hai Ding?

See me A.S.A.P — Kum Hia Nao

Stupid Man — Dum Gai

Small Horse — Tai Ni Po Ni

Did [...]

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All about ASAP and FYI and FYA

By CHRISTINE JALLEH

ONE day, a colleague turned to me and asked, “What’s FYI?”
“For your information.”
“What’s FYA?”
“For your action.”
“What’s WRT?”
“With reference to…”
Before the conversation dragged on any further, I quickly looked up a website on acronyms used in business communications and sent it to him via e-mail.
This conversation made me realise that the full meaning of [...]

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