sid6581

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Registered on : 2010-01-26
Language : English, French
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From :   Audiomonster

Date : 2010-01-26 / 03:23PM

Hello !

It looks lie there is a problem with “My Vocab”.
Instead of a simple word, the description is very complicated and is not complete (ends with …), so it is difficult/impossible to learn the vocabulary from the list.

For example:

bízi → “the part of the face that sticks out above the …”
I have to think about it for a few seconds to deduce it means “noze” hahahaha

tóufa → one of the fine thread-like which grow in peopl…
I cannot deduce it is “hair”

ěrduo → either of the two organs, one on each side of t…
That could be many organs, cannot deduce it is “ears”

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joey

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 Joey askbenny.net 
2010-01-26 / 03:54PM

Hello Audiomonster,

Sorry for this inconvenient, Please click the ‘book’ icon on left of each item, you can see complicated description, example , and related learning. Because some description maybe too long, so we only show parts of it.

Joey



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sid6581

Chinese Mandarin :Chinese Mandarin Level
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 Audiomonster msn.com 
2010-01-30 / 08:37AM
To : Joey

Thanks Joey,

I understand what you are saying, but it still does not solve my main problem.

When I have a list of Chinese words, I would like to instantly see the translation of that word into English, so i can quickly learn the Chinese words.
I do not need to see the description in the array, because it does not help me to learn the word, however it is a good idea to get the detailed description when you click on the book, so you can definitely keep this :)

For example :
http://www.askbennychinese.com/chinesevocab/learning/111

liǎn → “the front of the head, where the eyes, nose and mouth are”
this is too complicated, it should just be:
liǎn → face

yǎnjing → “organ of sight”
it should simply be:
yǎnjing → eyes

bízi → the part of the face that sticks out above the mouth, through which you breathe and smell
it should simply be:
bízi → noze

In 99% of the time, we do not need the detailed description that explains the definition of word in english, we only need the english word : we all know what a nose, an eye, a face are :) Like you know, we only need definition of a word in our own language when we do not know what this word is.

So, in “My Vocab”, instead of the “Description” column I think we should see “English” and show the English word that corresponds to the Chinese word.

Laurent

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sid6581

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 Audiomonster msn.com 
2010-01-30 / 08:39AM
To : Audiomonster

sorry I meant “nose” not “noze” haha, I am French, not English and I still make mistakes in that language ;)

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joey

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 Joey askbenny.net 
2010-01-30 / 09:19PM
To : Audiomonster

Hi Audiomonster

I think you are 100% correct, the description is too complex, I will discuss with my team and fix it soon.
Thanks again.

Have a good day.

Joey



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