User Comments - Constance Fang
Constance Fang
Posted on: That's Not Literature!
April 8, 2015 at 8:06 AM说实在的，我只在北京住过两个月，教中文，而且是九年前的事了，不能说他们现在怎么说，因为说“关门”并不是错的，只是有些做生意的人认为“关门”也有”倒闭“ (to go out of business) 的意思，所以不喜欢这么说。
虽然现在台北也有的店员会说”关门“，但是上个礼拜，我的朋友在一家店里说 ”你们几点关门？“ 老板马上说 ”不能说关门，要说打烊，关门的意思是我们倒闭了哦。”
所以我想，还是有一些老板很注意这些语言上的分别的。 :)
很高兴你喜欢我们的课，谢谢你！
Posted on: 平行宇宙
April 1, 2015 at 8:26 AM因为男主角是一个活了400年的外星人，并不是一个古代人突然跑到现代，所以严格来说，不能算是穿越剧。
你知道【步步惊心】吗？这部戏的女主角从现代回到清朝康熙年间，就是一部典型的穿越剧。 :)
Posted on: Let Me Speak to a Human Being
April 1, 2015 at 7:44 AMThese two characters have different meanings. The 6 stroke one ”后" means "behind; back" in general. The one in this lesson “候" means "to wait".
Therefore, 稍后 means "later", and 稍候 means "wait for a moment".
Hope this helps you. :)
Posted on: You Only Got to Bed at 2am!
March 31, 2015 at 5:58 AMAccording to your opinion, 6 months is too soon/early to get married, right? Therefore, you need 就 to indicate "sooner/short/earlier" than your expectation.
The sentence to express your point of view should be "他们认识六个月就结婚了". :)
Posted on: Culling Stray Dogs
March 31, 2015 at 5:51 AMThis is very good! Only one sentence needs to be corrected.
他们每年结扎那么多流浪狗 --> 他们每年给那么多流浪狗结扎
Thank you for sharing this with us!
Posted on: Rebooking a Dentist Appointment
March 13, 2015 at 3:10 AM‘帮’ bāng is 'to help' while ‘替’ tì means 'do this for me'.
So when you use '帮', it's more like you will do it togather. However, if you use ‘替', we assume that you are asking the person to do it in place of you.
Posted on: Entire/Whole: 整 (zhěng) vs 全 (quán) [Video/Audio]
March 13, 2015 at 2:35 AMThank you for the good questions.
Basically, in Chinese linguistics, 整 zhěng is a 'word' which is part of a sentence, 全 is a 'suffix' which is part of a word.
Therefore, you always see 全 accompany another word/character(s). For example, ‘全国’, ‘全世界', ’全市', ‘全身’, '全书', etc.
I would say it's almost impossible to distinguish between 整 and 全 by their meaning alone, but they are grammatically different.
It is why we gave complete sentences for 整 but just words for 全.
Posted on: The Cycling Holiday
March 13, 2015 at 2:14 AMThe correct sentence would be "我骑了六十公里的自行车，所以我的腿好酸。:)
So it's a great sentence, but to make it even better, it's good to say where exaclty you are feeling the soreness, such as;
我屁股很酸 wǒ pìgu hěn suān | My bum is sore
我的脚好酸 wǒ de jiǎo hǎo suān | My feet are sore
我全身都好酸 wǒ quánshēn dōu hǎo suān | My entire body is sore
Hope that make's it clearer.
Posted on: 猜灯谜
March 6, 2015 at 9:11 AM灯谜的答案来了！
1) 丁
【何】这个字，把“人”字边“杀了”，再把“口”给“灭了”，就只剩下【丁】啦，试着写写看！
2) 盐
【盐】是不是就像谜题里说的，“来自水中”，而且“回到水里”就“无影无踪”，不见了。（恭喜两位同学猜对了）
3) 万无一失
si1teng2 说的没错，就是跟“万”有关。“九千九百九十九”不就是因为少了”一“（一失），所以没有”万“（万无）。
这个成语的意思是，你非常有把握，一定不会出错。比方说，”这个计划经过精密的计算，绝对万无一失“，或是”门都锁了，还拴着，门口有监视器，这个屋子的保全万无一失，你可以放心。”
Posted on: This Coffee is a Ripoff!
April 9, 2015 at 10:13 AM“定价” is used as a noun, for example “这个东西的定价是多少？”.
“订” is used as a verb and has various meanings. In this situation, the shop owner decided "to set" or "to fix" the price there and then.
However sometimes people use the first one ”决定“ 的 ”定“ to mean that they decide the price. "他定了这个价钱“.
Both "定" and ”订" are verbs and they have very similar meaning in this situation.