Lesson Comments
In the 6th expansion sentence I see no indication about "having to" work overtime. Sure it may happen with 'tech' people, but is this the way people t... Read more
Early in the podcast when John & Jenny are discussing how one says "on the way to a place", Jenny says "biru nǐ ..?.. shuō" but I don't get it all... Read more
最近福布斯杂志发表一篇关于马云文章,“China Inc. 的脸面”。这文章讲述马云和阿里巴巴最大的挫折,有一个大型骗子丑事。还有述说马云的升起。 Recently Forbes magazine ran an article about Jack Ma, "the f... Read more
Thanks for picking up on this. Zài seems to be one of these words that is so flexible that I wouldn't be surprised if it can be used about what has h... Read more
I get the impression it is common to use 'zhǎo' to mean to find as well as to look for in pǔtōnghuà. I'd be grateful if someone could con... Read more
The use of the 了 in the expansion sentence " 我 早上 只 喝 了 一点儿 牛奶 " confused me. Because of it, I had translated it as "I only drank a litt... Read more
I think this lesson is hard because it features a lot of resume or job hunting terms, almost formulaic language, e.g. 求职意向. I think st the upper level... Read more
This Dongbei term was popularized on a national scale by comedian Xiao Shenyang. Read more
Is 师傅 still commonly used? Would you call a guy younger than you by say 20 or 30 years 师傅 ? Read more