Lesson Comments

I forgot: 花生米 is a pun like: Q: When do kanguroes go on vacation? A: Spring. try to explain THAT to a Chinese ;-) Or what the wife said to... Read more

@rjberki: one famous, non-wordplay chinese joke goes as follows: a young man lives above an old fellow. this young guy has the habit of coming h... Read more

Yep.  She nailed it. My favorite is "All foam and no beer."  多沫不啤酒  maybe? Read more

Raygo you're in China so try it out and let me know how it goes. I would love to understand more about what the Chinese think is funny. I would like... Read more

What a coincidence this week's lesson is about rice! Before the lesson came out, I was chatting with my friend who is taking a natural chinese medicin... Read more

I think the joke is good mainly because I think learning such jokes (and repeating them to Chinese friends) is a really useful way to learn vocab, rei... Read more

I think you nailed it sebire! 好球！ Read more

re 許願 make wish， what other words can we use 許 with? Read more

hey rjberki, you're not missing anything mate. the joke is just lame, and doesn't even qualify as a joke if you ask me. 好冷 Read more

It's HILARIOUS! At least it's funny, in a corny way. I like it. And puns are actually a pretty powerful tool, as you're forced to go a bit deeper t... Read more