Lesson Comments

I'm not sure about the quality but I think they have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Read more

dunderklumpen, The quality is fine.It's my favourite T-shirt [the one asking people to speak putonghua to you] and people definitely do notice it a... Read more

changye, we were not surprised because of the word "imaginary" but because 龟 made it to the list. It is like "The famous four presidents: 胡锦涛, presi... Read more

Hi henning and bodawei I've just corrected the grave mistake! I'm now ducking my head just like a tortoise, hehe. Read more

henning sadly the explanation is much more prosaic (eg. there are a lot of poddies out there), but global brainwave synch is a very cool idea...... Read more

bodawei, global brainwave synchronization? Read more

@changye, pete Thanks for the background.. The tortoise seems to be the 'odd one out' in the group of four - why is the tortoise considered imag... Read more

changye, 龟 is one of the "imaginary auspicious creatures"? We are talking about those slow reptiles with the shell on the back? Or is there a speci... Read more

Hi shenyajin Your explanation is best applied to this phrase, “ 罚酒三杯 ” !! When measure words are following nouns, it's to make emphas... Read more

There is a Chinese word that indicate four ( imaginary ) auspicious creatures, “麟凤龟龙”, which respectively represents 麒麟 (kylin), 凤凰 (phoen... Read more