Comments on: resurgence

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:14:07 +0000

Do you have your email posted anywhere on your site ? I would love to chat with you about studying Chinese at Beijing University as I applied there for this coming fall. I also applied to BFSU, Tsinghua and Fudan U. I would be very grateful for your opinion about the Chinese language program at Beijing University or any other opinions you have heard about the other universities. You or anyone else can reach me at Meiguorenmike@hotmail.com. Thanks

By: hnjjz

hnjjz — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 12:53:08 +0000

Your teacher sounds cool, but I wonder how many people in China think like him. At least in the bay area, a lot of Chinese people sound quite excited.

By: Living In China

Living In China — Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:38:40 +0000

Local Reactions to First Chinese Man In Space

“Some people are saying that China is in a resurgence now - you know, with shooting the guy into space and all of that. I, um, I’m not so optimistic. I, uh, I think they should go to the subway…

By: trevelyan

trevelyan — Thu, 23 Oct 2003 17:10:45 +0000

After two years of basic language study (”Hello comrade!”), my University dumped us into Lu Xun. So goodbye it was to conversational Chinese, and hello to words like “magua” (the name of a classical Chinese riding jacket if said properly). Very useful in daily conversation:

Ni xianzai chuan de magua feichang hao kan! (你现在穿的马褂非常好看！)

Qingwen, wo zai nar madeliao yige magua? (请问，我在那儿买得了一的马褂？）

Shei ba wode magua tou le? (谁把我的马寡头了？)

By: Brainysmurf

Brainysmurf — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:41:51 +0000

Bokane posts a professor’s thoughts

on China’s space shot. A lesson on the meaning of a word leads to a good summary of many people’s opinion. BTW: The above post comes after a site redesign for Bokane, employing a gorgeous picture layer deal….

By: matt

matt — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:36:16 +0000

Nice job man. I remember reading that in English.
I think it will be a few years before I read it in chinese.

hey I learnt a chengyu ‘nongzhuangyanmo’(2,1,4,3)
and another ‘pucaixiangzai’(4,2,1,1)

btw, I really like the new look, is it the same as what you shoed me in the cafe in wudaokou?
Maybe it is but my memory is kind of hazy due the certain activities that took place later.

By: lu t

lu t — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:41:19 +0000

what a cool teacher

By: wayne

wayne — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:22:12 +0000

Wow. Getting through Ah Q must be a bitch. I remember it taking long enough to get through Medicine or Kong Yiji, and those stories are way shorter.

You should drop some Chinese characters in your post, instead of this pinyin, so I can actually figure out what you’re talking about.

By: John B

John B — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:49:09 +0000

China sent its first man into space for the same reason that the US and Soviets did in the 1960s, and for the same reason a dog licks its balls — because it can.