Lesson Comments
After I made my post, I looked up 有 眼光 on Nciku. They had a few example which led me to the definition I have in my post below. I honestly didn't... Read more
Actually some guy called me 美女 today and then proceeded to ask me for money to feed his young son. After I said no and kept walking down the street he... Read more
"How does that get translated as 'taste'." ... Very carefully ... I buy 'taste' as a decent translation here. You might go a bit further (and more... Read more
As there are so many non-Elementary words in this dialog, and the Key Vocabulary list only has 15 words, here is a more thorough vocabulary list. (Not... Read more
Regarding the following sentence from the dialog: 先生您真有眼光。(Xiānsheng nín zhēn yŏu yănguāng.) Sir you have very good taste. The Key vocabula... Read more
They should think about throwing some basic piece of newspaper grammar or something that even a newbie might benefit from, for instance 諸，ie 諸多 於是，... Read more
I agree, this has actually been discussed before: http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/6859 Read more
多谢！对了，餐桌 was the word! 好像"dinner table"是比较西方式的东西。。 Read more
Jenny, covert advertising does exist of course (eg. cash for comment) but an advertorial is not covert. Read more
"I'm wondering if it would also seem normal coming from a laowai, or would it be taken differently?" --- Very much a context thing. If you develop an... Read more