Lesson Comments
Unfortunately, this sentence is used in the Exercises also, and the recording in the exercises still stays "xia wu", so a student who follows the reco... Read more
you have poppies? splains a lot. Read more
I would say he made some bad choices, but he is sure one resilient human being. I'm curious how many people in modern China really know his name and... Read more
Actually, I don't think it's an Americanism either. I can't find any dictionary (standard, idiomatic, contemporary, slang) that lists this meaning. It... Read more
Hi Baba - thanks for that link, http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=385889#sthash.Y24hM5B0.dpuf. Funny, they need to consult the British r... Read more
Rather than 'Junior' in the slightly derogative use you mention, I think we (some of us anyway) might say 'mini-me', as in "that's Baba mini-me over t... Read more
Thank you David Read more
There is a bad incorrect translation of 这回 in the vocab section. Instead of 'this turn' it is translated as 'to return'!! Also I am unclear as... Read more
Well, I have learned what I suppose is a new Americanism from this lesson. "to be tied up" apparently means that the scores are even. I th... Read more
we got the lot mate [but a lot of its imported, hehe]. Watcha got against poppies? and what does it splain? Read more