Lesson Comments

What I find interesting here is the 电瓶船 diànpíngchuán (electric boat) - they use this term 电瓶 for battery. It seems to take the figurative meaning of... Read more

In the Olympics, I think the rowing was called 赛艇 (sàitǐng). Interesting - I'd still call this a rowing boat or row boat. To me, paddling is what you... Read more

Hey Baba, I think you may be right; the Chinese do seem to be a bit vague about the difference between paddling and rowing, both can be referred to as... Read more

Jenny Thanks for introducing us to this show - intriguing. I can't say I understand much; it certainly has a foreign feel to it (not mainland.) But... Read more

Here's the options available at 北海公园 (běihǎi gōngyuán) in Beijing: 电瓶船 (diànpíngchuán) - electric boat 脚踏船 (jiǎot&... Read more

John, I would like to make one clarifying point. To date, I have based my formal study program on Chinesepod. This does not mean that I don't au... Read more

btw, I wouldn't call either the lesson pic or the description in the lesson "rowing". Is Chinese a bit more vague on this? Read more

Thanks for the reply Jenny, but isn't that what _any_ translator or language teacher does? I think it would be hard to teach a language if you only d... Read more

xiāngxìn wǒ, wǒ niánqīng de péngyou, méiyǒu...juéduì méiyǒu renhe de huodong yībàn zhide xiàng jiu gǎoluàn huáchuán ["Believe me, my young friend,... Read more

I think you meant xiǎngniàn, right? I would say they both mean "to miss [somebody]" but xiǎng can have several other meanings [eg to want] and so i... Read more