Lesson Comments

I thought "辣一点儿" meant "A little spicier (please)"? I guess it depends on context, though, as usual. Read more

Thanks to both of you for a very informative lesson. I agree with John, that 'guanxi' is not special for China, you find it in any society, but I've f... Read more

Hi joeborn 这个菜 有点儿 辣 。 这个菜 辣 一点儿 。 This dish is a little spicy. In this case, "有点儿" is placed before an adjective, and "一点儿" is after an adj... Read more

I like your translation of 严打 in the PDF-file. So the famous Shakespeare quote from Hamlet would read 严打还是不严打。 Read more

Hi tal Your analogy might be more appropriate. Honestly, I half expected someone to point that out. I'm still wondering about whether "lower classes... Read more

hi changye, 很有意思的看法，依我看，失恋几次能够让某人逐渐长瘦，因为心头的肉较多，所以很重。那么，每次失恋把某人的心的小部分切给别人，到最后就既能够减肥又不再用心了！ Read more

hi lujiaojie, cheers for that, very helpful. as i understand now, sentence structures in chinese should begin with the individual and then foc... Read more

Paul yep, Ive said it before. John is the master. Crisp, clear, balanced, and just the right amount of funny. Too bad we dont have two of him. Read more

As well as meaning deep water (这条河很深。 Zhè tiáo hé hěn shēn. This river is very deep.) 深 shēn may mean difficult to underst... Read more

thanks for the lesson - just one thing, the vocab list seems to be missing off the the text transcript  - I use it to cut and paste into my flas... Read more