Lesson Comments
Hi,Mr bababardwan : Laowai is not offensive at all.What I can tell you is that Chinese would add an "老" before the words to indicate that they are... Read more
I always wonder why some people are so nervous about the word “老外” (= 外国人) in Chinese. Like it or not, we are 外国人 here in China, after all. Don't you... Read more
HI ksarwestani The most interesting thing about Dongba script is that the meaning of some characters change according to their colors, as you alrea... Read more
HP 惠普 They just transliterate the names of foreign companies Read more
Preferably you may call that 背景音乐,background music Read more
it refers to a featured group of people,for example. 有钱的 the rich 年纪大的 the elderly Read more
毛坯房 simply means an undecorated private apartment Read more
What bothers me...only a little...is when Chinese in America refer to white folks as laowai. I've said to some coworkers, "I'm not laowai, you're laow... Read more
Great lesson! Very useful, for the longest time I've had a hard time getting my head around how to use these, think I have a much clearer picture now. Read more