Lesson Comments
We probably got scammed in Beijing fresh off the plane from Canada... got "friendly" with a couple guys "studying english at university who wanted to... Read more
It largely depends on the situation. In general, 着急 (zháojí) means to be anxious, worried, or nervous about something. However, it can also mean to be... Read more
Cool, good tips! Read more
We generally don't use the infinitive directly in a sentence, we would alter it according to each sentence's structure in order to make the sentence s... Read more
But, "to waste" will never be correct, as it must have an object. Read more
When we annotate individual words that are translated as verbs into English we try to leave them in the infinitive form and alter the tense/conjugatio... Read more
I don't think translating "打水漂" as "to waste" is correct; "to waste" requires a object, while "打水漂" is a verb-object phrase -- "to waste" is verb... Read more
"deference to someone else's wishes or opinions" ..nicely put Greg. Yeah, I kinda picked up on that with the tinghua instruction a parent would giv... Read more
建筑...this usually means "building" in English, I think. As in, if you want to say "cement building", you can say 水泥建筑. One thing that's always... Read more