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'Delegate' is a tricky word to translate. You could use '委托'/wei3 tuo1 or '布置工作'/bu4 zhi4 gong1 zuo4, but none of them really conveys the meaning of t... Read more

Sorry folks - I must be in a critical mood. First, in the dialogue 同志 does not mean 'notice', as in the PDF, it means 'to notify' as John says.&nbsp... Read more

I would like some lessons that explore homonyms and a lot of the words that are nearly homonymous with the slight changes in tones. Read more

Why is it that the stupid person in most lessons is usually male? OTOH, it would have been funnier to stick to the original title, and make the empl... Read more

Hi annar , So glad you enjoyed it. Nice to see that we even have listeners in Castle Grayskull ;-) Read more

You guys are hilarious :P  This has to be my second favorite lesson, right after the Fat Camp one.   Read more

Hi pinkjeans , You are right. The last few lines of the translation were out of synch. But they have been fixed. We have also tidied up the 张 in th... Read more

@lwelsh...the longer you have pinyin, the longer it will take you to get used to hanzi. My first teacher almost never used it and spoke only chinese,... Read more

@lamps5jam3 Yes, in fact you would. It really is a matter of face. When the Chinese treat someone, they usually try to impress. Be it giving the histo... Read more

@Raygo Thanks so much for your translation of the Jenny and John's podcast! My first introduction to real Chinese tea ten years ago was 冻顶乌龙茶 (D... Read more