Lesson Comments
I'm certainly not better informed, but I think my feeling about this 讲 has some similarity to yours. I've always thought of it as Preach AND Practice,... Read more
It probably was, but I didn't look too closely at him. Anyway, after the first hour, I got used to the smell. This is a good thing, since it was abou... Read more
I guess the possibility of dying in line is present if you are about to have a heart attack. But there is a cultural explanation for this sense t... Read more
What an interesting observation, dug123. 谢谢 Jiaojie 您的解释。 In Hong Kong gangster/old－Shanghai/brotherhood TV and movies that I grew up with, 讲义气 (Ca... Read more
Hmm I think you're right; the English translation could perhaps be 'to' her rather than 'about' her. It is implied that the words are spoken to her b... Read more
The sentence, "我只是说了她几句而已, 她就哭了。" is translated as: "I only said a few things about her and she cried." Where in this sentence is it made clear that... Read more
可不是吗！(Don't know if this works as a quick affirmative response, but that's what I want to express! Like the Japanese say, "Sou desu ne"!) Read more
我想起来两个女，他们的豚鼠(guinea pig)去世的时候他们整天都停不住哭。 我就想它只是老鼠而已不过不敢说话了。 Read more
wande I'd be interested in knowing whether you can use 而已 this way. All of the examples seriously diminish the subject, but in your example the 而已... Read more
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