Lesson Comments
I don't know too much about Chinese language, but what I have learned so far is that 'to give' is used differently in Chinese than it is in English. I... Read more
@paulbz 欢迎光临 huānlíngguānglín (welcome) The whole sign means 'welcome' - in this case the English does not correspond exactly to the... Read more
The exercises have this sentence (heehee, so happy to have upgraded!) 你给我站住。nǐ gěi wǒ zhànzhù, you give me stop. I do seem to recall learning th... Read more
I had a quick question on the listening part of the test.. should it be: 饭太 冰 了，不可以给小孩子吃 or should "冰“ be ”病“？ In the test, it... Read more
Hi ji_li, that's 少 shao3, "less" "fewer"--"If we did that, we would have way fewer visitors from abroad coming to China". Read more
Incidentally, there's a nice little video of Zhou Youguang ( 周有光) who headed up the group who devised Pinyin over on the Guardian's website. http... Read more
I found the tests interesting. I like the idea, but I think the focus is strange. ChinesePod always seemed to market itself as the fast, easy way to m... Read more
At about 16:23, Jenny says that being left-handed is not a problem for visas, as otherwise this would mean that "we would have to "SHOU" many man... Read more
I have a query about 任 in the third line of the main text "... 任课老师" is translated as "... many teachers ...". I don't see where the "many" comes from... Read more
nuaa_er Yes, "isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer" has to do with intelligence - or really lack of it. Read more