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PWP provided something not too common on Chinesepod - Chinese written for the Chinese, not just the language of the language learning contex... Read more

结婚了以后打算生11个孩子，刚好能够作为足球队。 生了一个以后才发现养孩子不怎么容易，结果到现在为止就有一个儿子。 我儿子出生有个脚趾长得不正常，怪怪的，那个他的脚趾长得又长又不直，长的弯弯的而难看的，他其他的脚趾都挨着怪怪的脚趾的上面，长得那么长。医生说儿子小的时候可能会经过有些不方便，可是... Read more

I noticed that when I'm trying to learn a new word I focus on the pinyin and am proud if I remember it, MINUS THE TONES.  Then it occurred to me... Read more

My favorite poem about saying goodbye is written by Gerald Manley Hopkins. Perhaps Li Bai, too, would have loved this poem if he had known of it.... Read more

Hi svik , Thank you for your kind words. Hi tudigong , Learning would be no fun if we all agreed on everything! Thank you. Hi shenyajin... Read more

Pete -   Thank you so much for your hard work and EXCELLENT lessons. They will be greatly missed!  I hope CPod finds a way to keep you... Read more

Hi rjberki , I completely agree that as learners we should try not to "leave knowledge on the table." Your careful, analytical method seems very u... Read more

这也是一首李白的送别诗，《赠汪伦》（zèng wānglún） 这首诗使普通村民汪伦的名字流传后世，桃花潭也因此成为游览的胜 地。为了纪念李白，村民们在潭的东南岸建起“踏歌岸阁”，至今还吸 引着众多游人。 李白乘舟将欲行，忽闻岸上踏歌声。... Read more

Thanks to Pete and the Cpod team for their fantastic work. It gave many of us a way into Chinese poetry. Read more

RJ, Mind you,I get to practice xiaophils point number 4 by listening first before going to the helpful vocab and dialogue tabs. But, it certainly w... Read more