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How many Chinese words do you know?

September 02, 2012 at 07:40 PM

How many Chinese words do you know? Find out.   http://www.zhtoolkit.com/apps/wordtest//index.ph... Read more

Writing a message of condolence

September 02, 2012 at 10:52 AM

I recently had a good friend who passed away and I wanted to send his family a card with a message of condolence inside.  Are there any set phrases in Chinese t... Read more

父亲节。。。Father's Day

September 02, 2012 at 02:03 AM

据我看...as far as I can see, there don't appear to be any lessons on Father's Day [we have a lesson for many other celebrations I reckon]..unless I've missed it. Accor... Read more

Keth's Journal September 2012

September 01, 2012 at 05:46 PM

2012/9/1 今天早上我们去一趟 Stoke-on-trent 城市的博物馆。这个博物馆很有名因为他们一样在中国，景德镇城市。最近他们找到特别 Saxon 的金宝贝。这个宝贝从 600 代，很少东西从这个代还残存了。我们经常叫这个代这个黑色的代，但是清楚这些东西很漂亮。 Stoke-on-trent 城市的博物馆有非常好陶... Read more

Help!

September 01, 2012 at 03:13 AM

hi there - I used to subscribe to Chinese Pod up until a year or so ago and my subscription lapsed and the site no longer recognises my previous e-mail. So I have su... Read more

Pinyin and Punctuation

August 31, 2012 at 05:33 PM

To my most esteemed fellow podcast listeners and Chinesepod teachers, I was reviewing lessons today, and as I was looking at one of the dialogues, I saw how the sent... Read more

Today is the festival for honouring your ancestors ...

August 31, 2012 at 08:56 AM

Today is the variously known 中元节，鬼节习俗，七月半  A notice went up in our 小区 a few days ago part of which said:  禁正在楼道，户内焚烧祭祖物品，切勿靠边车辆，绿化带，易燃易爆物品等地方祭祖焚烧，以避免由此引发意外... Read more

call tomorrow?

August 31, 2012 at 01:02 AM

Hi, we have guests over at our house and I don't think I will be able to be at the phone tonight. Would it be possible to reschedule it to anytime tomorrow or Saturd... Read more

Summer fare in Chengdu

August 30, 2012 at 05:05 AM

As we move into Autumn, it is time to reflect on summer in Chengdu … and in particular the eating. Cold Chinese food is the hardest to get used to – it... Read more

lesson downloads

August 29, 2012 at 06:14 AM

Is there  a way to download all the lessons at once? without having to click each one individually (which takes forever) thanks!   Read more