Lesson Comments
My wife sometimes goes to the bookstore and writes down the ISBN number for books she likes and then buys them on taobao for a fraction of the price.... Read more
one thing I've noticed is that when Chinese people meet each other, they don't seem to ever say "你好，我叫＿＿＂. I'm not sure how introductions work in Eng... Read more
is it common for a daughter to use 您 instead of 你 when talking to her mother ? It seems a bit too formal Read more
Nice find zhenlijiang - your skills are approaching that of the master (Baba). You might have the edge on the ChinesePod site (里面的), he might have the... Read more
I had to go look up "snarky"! How about this? 这我知道。 http://chinesepod.com/lessons/wang-tries-to-excel-at-the-office/dialogue Read more
中国有一个电视剧 叫 "家有儿女"。一 个 男人 有 两 个 孩子, 他 结婚 一定 有 一 个 儿子 的 一 个女人。我 第一次看 过 一 集 的 时候 觉得 有 点儿 奇怪 听见 儿子 叫 他 后妈 "妈妈"。你们 看 过 吗 ? Read more
You could use "lai2" to mean "give me..." when ordering in restaurants. But it's mostly used for food not utensils. Read more
Thanks bodawei! Yeah, I've come across the whole country vs continent debate before, which I always think is strange. Most of my friends are from Hong... Read more
gosh darnit jeez I know you guys are cool and must make a really good living making international dough in shanghai, but could you please be a little... Read more
Going off on your tangent.... :D That's the U.S. soft-t phenomena. We often turn them basically into "d"s. In Michigan we also often replace double... Read more