Lesson Comments
Another aside to this question of cities and how they are run: The 'mayor' mentioned above is generally one rank below the Party Secretary; this is w... Read more
Great program - as for cinnamonfern this topic is near and dear to me. Love it. For those of us in China it helps us better understand the world we li... Read more
Big cities in China are generally 地级市 dìjí shì ('prefecture-level' cities). They differ from what we might be used to in the West in that they have t... Read more
嘿上海人，那里可能有其他星球！（哦，不好意思如果你们不明白这有什么好笑的。） 我现在住在云南省昆明市五华区。这是北方的还是南方的？两个回答都不对。 昆明有十四个管理的分区：四个城市的，十个乡村的，可是两个乡村的是城市的，这居然还很有奇怪。 昆明市有四个主要城市的分区，安宁市，呈贡县（可是... Read more
Some useful vocab from the lesson - and a few freebies (kind of, but not entirely, in order of decreasing level): 火星 - huǒxīng: Mars 地球 - dì... Read more
I've really noticed the whole "jiang" vs "zhe yang" issue a lot recently with the transcription work I've been doing. And when transcribing CP lesson... Read more
Ah - a topic near and dear to my heart. My research has been a bit related to Chinese geography. I have had a miserable time finding the data on the l... Read more
Yay for Journey to the West and the Monkey King! Too bad I'm not ready to move up to Advanced. :( Although, really there can't be too much... Read more
Thanks xiaophil! And 告诉你太太“谢谢”。 Read more
I fully agree on the format and the way the older lessons were done - great stuff - they were very interesting and the dynamics between Jenny and Ken... Read more