Lesson Comments
One of the expansion sentences uses 于 when I expected to see 在. I think I am correct in saying that this "yu" is the same as "zai" but is more f... Read more
In the dialogue sentence: 你以前在中国工作过吗 why do we need the "guo". Doesn't the use of "yiqian" at the beginning of the sentence already indicate tha... Read more
Hi!! In the grammar section it is explained that 尽管 (jǐnguǎn) means "any time," or "unhesitatingly" and in the writing practise(or when checking the... Read more
I couldn't agree more. This whole discussion has echoes of the never-ending Religion vs Science debate, and - as you can guess - I definitely come dow... Read more
All good points, well made, zhenijiang. I agree, I think the longer this discussion goes on, the more we get dragged towards a 中医 vs 西医 debate. Now th... Read more
For those who are curious 宅 (zhái) and 宅男/ 宅女 that were mentioned in the dialogue are claimed to have roots from the Japanese word for otaku. A... Read more
I'm surprised the info wasn't flowing the other way. Bit like a back to front of the Halloween 不给糖就捣蛋！ Read more
I've talked with several Chinese physicians (of modern science-based medicine) about TCM and have yet to find one who will not vigorously defend the h... Read more
In the following expansion sentence: 我一定要在十天之内学会游泳. Do we need the "zai"? At first I thought the pattern was "zai.......zhinei". &nb... Read more