Lesson Comments
帝国主义 above should be "imperialism," not "in purism." Read more
that may be because people generally view America as a capitalist country, so there isn't a need to emphasize that by saying "capitalist America". Ch... Read more
@Bohan2007, I've seldom, or never heard anyone say, capitalist America. So, maybe you should go with, 在中国共和党是唯一的有权利的党。 Read more
Thank you, Connie. I listened again. It really sounds like "xiāng" to me, but 像 definitely makes more sense. I'm guessing it's being used in the sense... Read more
The dictionary defined 佬 as a derogatory term for a man or guy. Is 鬼佬 used to refer to only males, or also females? Read more
In the PDF, the pinyin for 番薯 is fānqié. Read more
A country can have a monarch and still be a republic if it's a constitutional monarchy, like the UK, Canada, Japan, Norway, and many others. Can you n... Read more
Typo above. I meant: The reason I want to know how to say this is NOT so that I can distinguish it from Taiwan, but just to emphasize that China i... Read more
serious question - how often do use "foreigner" or something like "laowai" in English? Is it always in a neutral way? Do you always ask your workmates... Read more