User Comments - Tal

Posted on: Western Zodiac

Interesting nuance. Thanks Jason!

Posted on: Minor Changes, Virtual School, and a Lefty in the Studio

You can't get chopsticks for left-handed people anywhere, so it runs deep.

Posted on: Western Zodiac

Here's an expansion sentence for which I think the English translation is not quite right:

我跟他是一见钟情。
(We fell in love with each other at first sight.)

Shouldn't it be:
I fell in love with him at first sight. (?)

Posted on: Western Zodiac

Oh right, goes like this:

Jenny: John, 你是什么星座的？

John： 啊，金牛座。

Jenny： 哦，很像。

Here 像 has a meaning like "looks like that, seems that way", so I guess Jenny means John has all the qualities of a Taurean. What are they? I'm a Taurean too!

Posted on: Western Zodiac

You could try navigating the Chinese file-sharing site I also recommended Bob, hard work perhaps but pretty sure not to be blocked. I'm afraid the censorship issue here is relentless re. foreign file share sites.

(I've only just got the chance to sit down and listen to this lesson, I'll comment re. that first question later.)

Posted on: Western Zodiac

henning, that video is hilarious! Never seen that show before, now I'm a fan. Cheers!

Posted on: Can't Get to Sleep

I think it's simply:

我失眠了。 Wǒ shīmián le.(for the first 2 there) and

我太累了。我昨天晚上又失眠了。Wǒ tài lèi le. Wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang yòu shīmián le. (for the third one)

Posted on: Dogs and Wealth

So I have to ask: what famous scientist did John and his wife name their dog after?

Posted on: Computer Problems and Tech Support

Yeah, 多谢 Jason, gonna remember this one!

Posted on: Computer Problems and Tech Support

My enquiry relates to this expansion sentence:

那个酒吧乱七八糟的，我可不想去。
(That bar is dodgy. I really don't want to go.)

I really don't get how 乱七八糟 means 'dodgy' here. If someone said that to me I'd assume they meant the place was a mess, not well-run maybe. But dodgy?