Lesson Comments
From the expansion: 这 孩子 是 个 偏才 is translated as: This kid is a genius in some things and completely lacking in others. ...what I'm wo... Read more
On varying tones... Thanks for the varying tone comments for the negating term "bu." I've thought that "bu" was 2nd tone when proceeding a 4t... Read more
@ji_li, Were you called this by your girlfriend by any chance?! According to my Chinese friend, a lot of Chinese girls call their boyfriends 大笨蛋 wh... Read more
This is a fascinating lesson. Here in a tourist oriented town in rural Illinois there is a Japanese restaurant run by a Chinese family (the wife is... Read more
Chinesepod: Useful lesson. Any chance you could find a real kid for the dialogs with kid's parts? Read more
Hi all, Thanks John for the interview. We had a great time! The Chinesepod staff were great and so hospitable - we're even bigger fans... Read more
孔子跟老子比，不算一个哲学家，孔子关心的是社会制度和人与人的关系，没有考虑过宇宙的来源。 Read more
brendan That is interesting! I will say I have seen mei and bu in textbooks. Because the government defines what is standard Chinese, b... Read more
怎么这么多中国人？ Read more