Lesson Comments

When i moved to China I was surprised to learn how frequently people buy cell phones and how much money they spend on them. Somewhat of a status symbo... Read more

Does the "relaxed education system" refer to a reduction in required curriculum? If so, are the standardize tests for high school and university ea... Read more

Xie4 xie ni3 "team"    If I may ask a question off the number topic here...when talking about a married couple, do you say "Zhe4 dui4... Read more

So if you wanted to extend a genuine invitation, what would you say to ensure it was viewed as such? Read more

謝謝你們，真是聼君一席話，勝讀十年書。 Read more

姑娘 may be old-fashioned, but people definitely still use it! Maybe it's come back into fashion? We'd have to ask a Chinese teacher about that. Peop... Read more

For this instance, being mom, a child and some bread, I think I would say (say the bread is a bun) "Mom had me take/bring a bun" or even "Mom gave me... Read more

I think it's worthy of note. For sure. I find it a kind of counterintuitive. We might say, "Well, I'll see you (around)," which would end the conversa... Read more

Is it worth discussing the perhaps tricky issue of when to take seriously an invitation to 《来我家玩儿》? Since first coming to China it seems I have sev... Read more

This 孙 (Sūn) is the same one as in the famous general's name, right? Sūn Zǐ. Sun Tzu is a household name in the west. I couldn't find a lesson about h... Read more