Lesson Comments
@delawaredavid 可耻的 kěchǐde (shameful) Last year a Chinese parent in Sydney tried to 红包 one of his child's primary school teachers and foun... Read more
@bodawei, 差不多 means 'more or less the same', 'no great difference'. I think what you are confused by is that 差不多 can have both positive and negativ... Read more
Jenny, there is no way you can believe that your society doesn't work like this. All of the people I've talked to strongly believe that in... Read more
And, quasifrog, throughout history people have decried the practice. Smoking is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, ha... Read more
Hi jimijames 啊，没错，被子也代表一辈子。但是被子太大了，送被子不太方便。 Read more
Hi jianpuzhai mug: 马克杯 mǎkèbēi Read more
Calm down quasifrog - I don't notice any 'crying about this Chinese cigarette culture'. Certainly not at such a volume as to induce laughter. &... Read more
is "makebei" the Chinese word for "mug" ? If so, how is it written? Read more
@Jenny ah, 明白了。 Yes, it is about positive and negative implications - it is only living here in China that I have recognised the expression being u... Read more