Lesson Comments
Don't you think that there is an interesting gap between the oh so serious official position (look at the coachs' faces) and the fact that lots of ord... Read more
Jen, I mightily impressed that you've included a Chinese translation of a line from Romeo and Juliet. Where did you get it? Did you know I star... Read more
hkboy See my (admittedly rather dark) photo above - there are informal TVs set up around our city too, with groups watching. (I don't mean the 'bi... Read more
In my experience, southern Chinese (in Guangdong at least) are even more sensitive to keeping their skin as light as possible. A male co-worker of min... Read more
ChinesePod, are 算得上 and 算不上 more formal versions of 算是 and 不算是? Read more
ppps In the Queen's Birthday honours list was a 94 year old ballet teacher from Brissie. You may have seen my recent post about another old dear [100y... Read more
Jenny, when I first listened to the expansion sentence including zhǎngpàng, I mistakenly heard it as jiāpàng (加胖), literally "to add weight". Can we... Read more
Comments above doubting that this is an authentic experience for the Chinese - interesting. For me this sounds a very authentic dialogue. &nb... Read more
I'm so disappointed to have missed said corn cob! Re: Germany vs. Oz match...I'm disappointed in Germany for winning by such a large margin. That'... Read more
In basketball, when a player scores a basket and he's fouled, there's always the question whether the foul took place before or while he was shooting.... Read more