Lesson Comments

You don't know how important the rice cooker is for Chinese people. If there's only one appliance I could choose to place in my kitchen, I would defin... Read more

I think it's interesting that this couple didn't think about getting a 4 burner (or better yet a 6 burner) stove top, and getting rid of the Rice Cook... Read more

lily, 谢谢你的帮助- 其实我说的‘只当’是另外一个词语，是‘就想象是这样’ 的意思。 比如说，‘只当世界上只存在着我们俩’，或者‘阿，你的男朋友跟你分手，那就只当他早就死了。’ 当然我的例子有可能存在着些问题，如果是这样，我很感谢你的改正。 班廷筠 Read more

So, for 白学了 it means that you successfully learned something, but that finally there was no point to learning it? It's a statement of something in th... Read more

Hi timslsm， 我认为读“zhi2dang4"的词应该写成”值当“而不是”只当“，是”划算，有价值“的意思。 Read more

在南方，“法子”似乎也是有点儿老气的说法。 Read more

在上海，抽油烟机也叫“脱排”，上次租房子的时候，我这个外地人看合同看了半天才明白“脱排”的意思。 Read more

hello everyone  I am a new comer! Read more

I always found Chinapost to be quite good value and very efficient. Certainly much better than Russia where I lived before.. I also love the way they... Read more

Hi Simon, I also saw the evolution of this word in some english speaking media and understand what you mean. But as a non native speaker of english... Read more