Lesson Comments

@Mystic I'll pass your enquiry on to Gulam, I'd have thought you could use Itunes to convert the cd tracks to MP3. The itunes help function should be... Read more

@Jenny, This is indeed a very useful QW. I looked up 总算 and 终于 in my dictionary and it didn't explain the subtlety in usage. Cpod's the only place... Read more

  胡, as well as being a surname, was also once applied to "non-Han peoples in the northwest", so perhaps in this sense it's a little like ancient... Read more

paulinurus, raygo--there was an in-depth and interesting discussion on 胡  in Poems with Pete - Dreams of the Departed 陇西行 . Read more

@weifeng, " 珩 " is really a 生僻字。I don't even know how to pronounce it. In fact, unique names often stump teachers. Connie told me she had a really... Read more

@maryannmacc, Yes, you can use 在街最后面. You can also say 我家在街一直到底/ wo3 jia1 zai4 jie1 yi1 zhi2 dao4 di3/my home is all the way at the end of the stre... Read more

I love this Qing Wen, because of the subtlety in usage. To be honest, I never analysed that 总算 and 终于 are used when something eventually happens accor... Read more

Ni hao:  I received my ChinesePod starter kit about 2-3 weeks ago and am using the CDs, mostly in my car.   I also want to load the les... Read more

Hi evasiege 赚钱 connotes "make money/make a profit", and 挣钱 "earn/get paid". They are basically interchangeable. Read more

On top of all these, I believe you are here learning Chinese, but not translation skills. It's quite insulting to remind us we're learnin... Read more