Lesson Comments
I find it helps me to think of qǔ (取) as "to collect something". For example, I most frequently use it when I'm off to collect my clothes from t... Read more
Changye, not sure if it's covered anywhere else in the 100+ comments on this QingWen, but in English "hold it" is also a phrase used to tell somebody... Read more
Speaking of snake, there's also the interesting character 虹. 虹 makes the words 天虹, 彩虹 (彩虹之国 Rainbow Nation), 虹形 (maybe similar to 弓形 and 券形 http:/... Read more
Thanks for the reply and the historical context! Read more
In the expansion section I saw the phrase 我 就 去 过 上海 。 Is there a specific reason for using 就 here and not 只? Thanks! Read more
"City walls" are called “城墙” (cheng2qiang2) in Chinese. Exactly speaking, the single character “城” itself indicates “defensive (city) walls”, as seen... Read more
Are there any differences between 故乡 (which Jenny uses in the discussion at the end) and 老家 as descriptions of where a person comes from? Read more
What do you call ancient city walls in Chinese? Read more
lujiaojie，谢谢你 Read more