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Such a smart idea for a TV show in China now.   This summer we were in Germany, UK & USA - wow TONNES of mainland tourists everywhere we went... Read more

谢谢徐洲。。。对了， 请问，徐洲是你的中文名字。。。这是普通话，对吧？上海语呢？ Read more

Thankyou for the response toianw. I'm not really expecting to have the opportunity to talk in Chinese about cricket, but some of that vocabulary looks... Read more

Hi applejan9, You're right! This 不过 doesn't mean 'but'. It's a verb complement. You can say... verb + 得过 = be able to 'surpass' verb + 不过 = u... Read more

Hi bonscott, The Chinese cricketing lexicon, like the game itself in China. is still somewhat in its infancy, so there are lots of terms that have... Read more

Well, you know Shanghainese doesn't has any own official characters till now. That 斩 is actually borrowed from Mandarin Chinese. With the meaning o... Read more

Thanks. There's also one in the previous Qingwen lesson. Read more

35883       I just wanted to say that technology team has done a great job with the new look of ChinesePod -everypart of the site has b... Read more

Sorry, it shouldn't be there. Thanks for pointing it out. Read more

Could I also clarify about the Shanghainese 素了 from the final line being translated as being the Shanghainese equivalent of the Mandarin 算了. In some w... Read more