Lesson Comments
My wife is always using the word 功夫（gong fu) when playing with my eight year old son who imagines he knows kung fu. Is that not a common word for... Read more
though the nuren doesn't look like Zhang Ziyi, and though the background doesn't look like bamboo, it still somehow reminded me of the bamboo forest s... Read more
so maybe this would be an opportune time to revive the wushu group here: http://chinesepod.com/community/groups/view/w-sh-100 In fact the last en... Read more
wondering if you can apply the same logic to 踢腿， I can't see that 腿踢 is valid [but it might be I guess...anyone know?], however that other word for le... Read more
this 打拳 [beat fist] is an interesting word. As John implied in the podcast it's not actually punching someone else but rather shadowboxing. But it loo... Read more
Outstanding! Next we have to have a lesson where the master takes the class through the 5 animals/5 elements. Read more
我目前只听了一次这个课程，所以不太熟悉，可是因为这个乐队用乐谱，所以好像他们表演COVERS，对不对？中文怎么说COVERS？ Read more
Is武术 (wǔshù) really how people in China refer to martial arts generally? Here in the US, from what I know, we only use武术 to refer to the specific mode... Read more