Lesson Comments

orangina was right..I should have paid more attention to the cafe bit. But I think I still had your recent tip that a teahouse is not really a teahous... Read more

As far as I can tell, 番茄 (fānqié) and 西红柿(xīhóngshì) are interchangeable when talking about tomatoes by themselves. There are a few phrases I've come... Read more

Hey baba, The 才好 in this case could be translated something like 最好. It implies doing something to the best of one's abilities. The sentence t... Read more

In my experience 蕃茄 is (easily) the most common spoken expression for tomato - perhaps because it is shorter than 西红柿. Read more

'flaming b52' I liked flaming b52 best. :) Well you were sorta close but the answer is afogatto, whoops I think that is 'affogatto' (drowned in It... Read more

"But you are expressly forbidden to open the package until you leave the store. (Under pain of what???... excommunication?...execution?...evisceration... Read more

Hey user, You were right to point out this issue, 喷 does in fact mean to spray; if you wanted to say "are you wearing cologne?", the sentence in Ch... Read more

But did you like DURIAN 榴莲口味的ice cream? Haha! Read more

And your respect for getting "al dente" just right (putting the "text" back in "texture"?) bodes well for future translations, culinary or otherwise!... Read more

I'm afraid I can't repulicate the Cold Stone song. But it's an upeat melody and the lyrics are about how Cold Stone ice cream makes you happy, althoug... Read more