Lesson Comments
Actually, in any language, when people speak fast, their pronunciation is different from when they speak slowly, especially in commonly used phrases.... Read more
Oh oh, maybe I corrupted my Chinese friends at work when I was teaching them to run their words together like Americans - "Jeet?" for "Did you eat?" a... Read more
You may also want to check out the January 8, 2008, 請問 episode (http://chinesepod.com/lessons/the-double-了-le-phenomenon) directed to the double-了 phe... Read more
I assume there isn't any difference in literal meaning among (1) the dialog's 你不要死 ni3 bu4 yao4 si3, (2) 不要死 bu4 yao4 si3, (3) 你别死 ni3 bie2 si3, and (... Read more
John mentioned that 救护车 is ambulance in mainland China. Is there a different word in Taiwan? Read more
鸳鸯锅总是辣的一边先开 Also, it doesn't sound like he's saying 总是 (zong3shi4). Sounds more like 肿丝 (zhong3 si1) which obviously doesn't make sens... Read more
中国有一句话：‘嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗’。我到现在还没搞清楚我是否是‘鸡’（机）还是‘狗’（够）！ Read more
你好，我刚刚看了那个expansion的部分，还有一个问题。你知道在那里给我们这个例子。。‘ 都 几点 了 她 还 不 来 ， 摆明 要 放 我 鸽子’。为什么用这些写形容被stood up的意思呢？ 谢谢 Read more