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Posted on: Lantern Festival Riddles
February 22, 2016 at 7:00 PM

Could we have a lower-level lesson about the lantern festival please?

Posted on: The Great Four in China
September 17, 2012 at 8:20 AM

Are there any "Four Great Warriors" or anything like that for the guys? What about a Podcast for those "Four Character Idioms"?

Posted on: The Basics of Feng Shui
September 12, 2012 at 7:39 AM

The elements according to the birthday and name are interesting, where could we find something like that on Chinesepod/the internet? What's a trustworthy resource?

Posted on: Stories of Chinese Emperors
September 12, 2012 at 6:16 AM

Can we have a worksheet with the classifications or at least a few things from which we are able to do our own research?

Posted on: Classical Chinese Weapons
September 5, 2012 at 4:34 AM

Also my Chinese colleagues inform me that the "shua" you used in "关公面前刷大刀 guān gōng miàn qián shuǎ dà dāo" is incorrect, that it should be the   耍 shua3 shown there. Is that so? Thanks!

Posted on: Ancient Chinese Gods
September 5, 2012 at 1:40 AM

Can BST have a handout of vocab for us to study? That would be really nice. I thought, also, that Oracle bones could be dated up to 9/10 thousand years back? Is that not so?

Posted on: A Stroll through the Hutongs
February 22, 2012 at 4:30 AM

It always seems like "bu/不" is for not, as in something is not this, kind of going along the lines of "not to be." Whereas "mei/没" is the way we use "have" either in the past, or the present; as in it is without these qualities, it's lacking this. Does that help?

I'm not an expert, but more often than not I'm corrected on the use of these words and these seem to be the reasons why. Thank you John and Jenny for more clarification!