Lesson Comments
Ah, that's right. Somehow I forgot our well-off foreign renter here still had a bit of 砍价 in him. Also, just as a bit of extra info, I asked last... Read more
哈哈 偏激的中国播客 piānjī de zhōngguóbōkè (Fringe ChinesePod) I love the idea of a fringe show, although ChinesePod is already pretty edgy when it doe... Read more
or this would be better ? 请 (qǐng) 你 (nǐ) 留 (liú) 着 (zhe) 我 (wǒ) 一 (yí) 个 (gè) 位 (wèi)... Read more
So if I was in cafe and it was crowded and I was going to leave my place and then return I could say "Please save me a seat."  ... Read more
Hi bill 水电煤 would only work in context - if you are talking about town gas you would say 煤气 méiqì. This is the great Chinese art of abbreviation... Read more
Has anobody noticed something strange about the character 滑？ The location of the little square seems to move. On the picture of the lesson, it is in t... Read more
btw , yeah, I got that sense of 令人觉得很奇怪的 which is what I thought it originally meant...in this case referring to an astonishing/strange/bewildering p... Read more
ok, thanks zhen. 诧异 is what I had first up myself, so I guess it shows you should go with your first impression and not rethink these things, hehe. Read more
Hi Baba, I'm quite sure it's 4th tone, 诧异. I think in lower level lessons this 很令人诧异的 would be expressed along the lines of 令人觉得很奇怪的. 差异 wouldn't mak... Read more
I asked a few Chinese friends who rent last night (3 of em) and they all paid in 3 month increments. It's all negotiable at the end of the day, but I... Read more