Lesson Comments
@regau, bodawei look up the individual characters and you'll get it. while the 'hello' greeting is a chinese word play on english, chanelle's great... Read more
henrysmommy, ...not as disturbing as the story behind it .Nice to see another newbie venturing up into the advanced desert. :) Wish I'd switched to... Read more
bababardan, your avatar thing is waaayyy disturbing... Read more
Hi Bodawei, if you really are interested in chinese poetry and can read french, check the works of François Cheng, especially "l'écri... Read more
I have had a go at picking out words from the girls' dialogue and looked them up in MDBG. I hope they are right: 探险 tàn xiǎn ... Read more
Taking the BA in small doses is really helpful because I've read all the rules about BA but never internalized them enough to use BA regularly. ... Read more
Hi Matt I don't tend to have difficulties distinguishing qi and ji when I hear then (if that is what you mean), but zhang and jiang are really a tes... Read more
bodawei, i'm not sure if i'm picturing the same kinds of vases w/plastic flowers as the ones you describe, but we used to have such things in&nb... Read more
i relate to the sentiments expressed by reigau re laowai even though i would not be on the receiving end myself. it seems pretty much equivalent... Read more
Im going to boston from beijing next week...now I can stroll through china town and wax about boston in mandarin! If I'm lucky enough to find a... Read more