Lesson Comments

Yes, 酒吧常常有这样的促销。 袋装的牛奶 This is milk you buy and take away in plastic bags or paper bags. Milk is vacuum-packed, and usually 250ml one bag. 喝... Read more

Isn't the picture recycled from an old advanced lesson?  I think the old cogger with the bird took advantage of social interactions in the park t... Read more

Great that the Qing Wen's about 成语 (at least three in this lesson）and uses of 起来 are worked into this lesson so smoothly.  You guys are terrific. Read more

I cannot resist recalling how, strolling in Regents Park (in London) one day, I was accosted by a 小伙子 with the words: "Oi, are you looking at my bird?... Read more

I've been waiting for this one ever since I spotted the term liù niǎo in the Ele. lesson "A Walk in the Park" !! Read more

Three-year-old lesson! The idea of 促销 in bars is unexpected to me, interesting. But I suppose Happy Hour could be considered a kind of 促销. I... Read more

Having only read the lesson, my own casual observation is that i've never seen birds go out for walks in the US. But maybe I wasn't paying close enoug... Read more

I think a Chengyu typically imparts more meaning than can actually be conveyed by the characters alone due to an ancient consensus or a tie to some st... Read more

I have wondered what makes a chengyu a chengyu. Can any phrase be a chengyu? Usually four, or eight characters but sometimes 3 is not very defining.... Read more

Thanks lujiaojie! Read more