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Tone Change #5 Three third tones Newbie

JoshFan Glad we answered your questions!! Thanks for the positive feedback!!

COVID-19: United We Stand Newbie

COVID-19 has left many cities stuck in a halt. In this special podcast, Chi first takes a short tour in the "paused" New York City, one of the epicenters of the pandemic. He then interviews with Shun who is from Hubei - the region where COVID-19 first emerged....

Coffee Break Series #2 - Meeting New Colleagues Intermediate

peter305 Excited to see how Nick is going to prove 陈经理 wrong, or not! Good lesson guys. 

Coffee Break Series - 4 Ways to Interrupt Someone Pre Intermediate

JoshFan 谢谢你的回馈，我们一定会做出更好的视频。 “得了”的意思是“行了”、“就这样”、“就这么办”的意思。在这个句子里，这人频频打岔，所以你可以这么说。 我举个例子，有个下属做事马虎也不认真，你可以说：他做事总是虎头蛇尾，不做也罢，事情都由我来做就得了。

Forbidden Palace Love Hotel! Upper Intermediate

JoshFan 很高兴你觉得这次的内容很有意思！

Weekend Appointments Newbie

JoshFan The text in our videos will remain simplified characters, and the subtitles, dialogue and vocabulary section will change into traditional characters. 

Coffee Break Series - 5 ways to say goodbye Pre Intermediate

JoshFan Thanks for your comment. Glad you find this lesson useful!! 

Coffee Break Series - Responding to Compliments Pre Intermediate

JoshFan Hi, The term 哪里哪里 is pronounced as nǎlǐnǎlǐ. If you have any more questions, feel free to let me know.  Josh

Continued Tone Change Series #4 - I Can't Find You! Elementary

JoshFan When the person is coming towards you, you use the word 过来, and when the person is going further away from you, you can use the words 过去.

Character Mind Map: 走 walk Elementary

stevinsjs I love these mind map lessons. They make a lot of sense to me. Thanks for this series CPOD! :-)

饭圈女孩 Advanced

dashcalls It will help if we have slightly more precise translations. For instance, "fan club" is more relatable than "fandom" for 饭圈 Likewise, 吃瓜 is a short form for 吃瓜群众 ("onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about...

Night life 夜生活，夜经济 Upper Intermediate

viet144 你好大家！ 在博客是不是说 《睡过上课的时间》。这个句子的意思是他起床太晚了就来不及去上课？ 还有，我分不清楚这些词有没有区别，还是是在不一样的情况下能用的: 体力 力气 实力 精力 劲儿 谢谢！！！！

Outstanding: 出色 (chūsè) and 优秀 (yōuxiù) Qing Wen

darkstar94 卓越呢

中国的职场文化 Upper Intermediate

dmitrytoda 哇 有可能因为我自己不是行政人员，所以难以理解，想不象 哈哈

International Women’s Day: 2020 China Edition Pre Intermediate

translatejake Wow, nice performance!

语法课程：程度副词 Upper Intermediate

258140922 I think a grammar tab (there used to be one) would have also helped. Also, you could have used some of the temperature dialogue to explain the degrees. 

相见恨晚——老电影 Upper Intermediate

viet144 你好大家！ 我有几个问题 1。《相见》和《相遇》跟《认识》意思一样吗？还是也有《我们相见的那一天》（不是第一次见面）的意思？ 《结交朋友》或者《交朋友》也有《认识》的意思吗？怎么用？ 《相处》《和朋友相处得非常好》就是《和朋友关系很好》。可不可以说《人和人怎么相处》？ 《相识》是《互相了解》的意思吗？ 可不可以据例子。 2.《烂片》指一部不好看的电影，对吧？可不可以用来形容其他的东西？ 3. 《迷上》到底是什么意思？比如说，应为我很喜欢一本书，所以我迷上了那本书吗？   谢谢！ &n...

语法课程：“别人”和“人家” Upper Intermediate

258140922 Exercises: The first three of the multiple choice.  The only available answer is A.  (no meaning) and it still is graded incorrect.

Lesson 4 - Man or Machine Newbie

JoshFan I am glad that you liked this lesson. Check out our other lessons on HSK test!!

物尽其用-绿色能源推动农村绿色发展 Upper Intermediate

Sevastopol It is currently the most usful lesson for me inspite of  the fact that my level is too low for it. It just has refreshed  my passion to learn Chinese inspite the lack of time. 非常感谢!