Lesson Comments
In the 4th line Expansion sentence, the Pinyin for 决定 shows 'decision' instead of 'juédìng'. The is true of the mouseover definition on... Read more
Nice to here you drop in on a UI lesson Vera! John, you seemed a bit more mellow than usual on this one:-). Here in CA, pot is leagalized for... Read more
Correct. What could be causing the problem is that de is unstressed, zhè is stressed. So de's vowel sound is a little indistinct - zhe has the proper... Read more
I can't currently hear the dialog, only read it, as I don't have my headphones at work today, but I can only remind you that "zhe" can also be said "z... Read more
All these are right. 给力 is a word has different meaning in different situation. 取暖器不给力Lit means 'the heater is not good/awesome.' We translated it int... Read more
Then it must be a quirk of my computer! From what I've learned, zhe rhymes with de and not ye, right? Read more
的 here is a particle word to emphasize. In the sentence, we can consider 会……的 as structure. To emphasize something will happen. 你马上（就）会好的。You will... Read more
'turned-up' is '调高 tiao2gao1' 你可以调高空调/取暖器。 Read more
also be careful of the locks, on a sleeper train I was next door to a squat loo that had been 'well used', the lock had broken and some poor girl was... Read more
"typically Chinese" sounds more natural than "with Chinese characteristics" Read more