Lesson Comments

@mark, of course not! No that kind of mother-in-law nowadays! This is not in feudal society. The two families of the couple will love (even spoil) the... Read more

Hi flibberdie and rjberki I see your points. "Bullshit" is a little too harsh here. Anyway there are Chinese ways to say that , e.g. 胡说, 胡扯,... Read more

Hey rj you're welcome! Good to see you around! Actually I enjoyed the "fur coat" reference, it's been chasing around my brain! In fact I think ther... Read more

@monica5, that maybe a little bit too straight, if you tell them: 我要把头发烫直，you'll get a perm and your hair would be perfertly straight. "烫" means "get... Read more

Pete, Sometimes 'go on' is used very politely, to solicit more talk from the person speaking.  Given the tone and context of the discussion at... Read more

This is a great joke! But what was the onion one? I wanna know that too! Read more

Pete in the lesson itself Jen and John do translate 去去去 as "get out of here" but they leave it kind of vague.    to me this is... Read more

Thanks Raygo. I do enjoy that melting pot. As for the fur coat, at least I had the right place. And you are right about cpod being an invaluable resou... Read more

Hi siteng , Thank you for your comments. I need constructive criticism. I must disagree with your suggestion of translating "去，去，去” as "com... Read more

For the record, This joke was better then the onion one you guys did waaaaay back! :-) Read more