Lesson Comments

So useful! I don't know how I missed this one until now. Thank you, no-longer-present Chinesepod staff.... Read more

Thanks for your feedback. This was an experimental video testing out the slideshow/video lab so in future we probably wouldn't use this integration an... Read more

 I lke the video, but I think it would be even better with subtitles. Also the screen below was a little hard to follow. I think it would help if... Read more

Thanks for pointing out differences in word usage between Taiwan and the main land in this lesson. Read more

so would 大家 and 谁都 be commonly interchangeable? or does it depend on context? Read more

In the lesson you seem to have breezed past "jiù bǎ" and I didn't catch the meaning. Can you clarify this further? Read more

I was waiting for jia qi. Am i right in saying that Jia qi is the noun for holiday and du jia is a sort of a verb. 'to go on holiday' Read more

If I understand correctly, the lesson says, 又 refers to something that has occurred again, in the past, while 再 refers to something that will occur ag... Read more

very interesting - irony is a much more complicated term in English - it doesn't mean "strange" or "bizarre" at all - it means that you are saying the... Read more

Yeah I think there is, though others may disagree. Some close interpretations for irony in Chinese is 奇怪 strange, 奇特 peculiar, or 離奇 bizarre, odd. 吊詭... Read more