Lesson Comments
You're right that 差不多 can mean "approximately" (like 左右), but because of the "差" it more frequently is "less than" rather than "more than." Hence "al... Read more
鸟语 isn't complimentary, so it's usually used as a joke. It's not dirty, though. I think someone overreacted a bit. Read more
Rankings are also important in Hong Kong and Korea. Most of the professors here in HK graduated from and then send their kids to famous U.S. (or UK) s... Read more
In the expansion sentences the expression 差不多 chà bù duō is used to mean "Almost"... I thought the meaning was "the difference is not... Read more
How do you say "visiting scholar"? Everyone thinks I'm a 大学留学生 so I usually just let them think that. But I'm not really, I'm only here on scholarship... Read more
I first learned 帅哥 and 美女 from my Chinese friends in the U.S. My Portuguese friend proceeded to say just those words at random times. It amused my fri... Read more
I was just going to make a similar comment though a little broader. If it's not really current topical stuff, it's highly interesting stuff like the 相... Read more
No, 撞倒 and 撞到 are a little different. Both 倒 and 到 are resultative complements. In this case, 撞倒 means "hit and knock down" whereas 撞到 means "hit... Read more