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 said on
August 4, 2010
Could you offer translations and text for the four examples at the end?
 said on
August 5, 2010
@pvernezze,

This is my transcripting of the four examples. I think it's right.

违法 - 酒后驾车

违章 - 在风景名胜区建造私人别墅

违规 - 上班时间不请假,擅自离开

违纪 - 当书记有了外遇.

 said on
August 5, 2010
@orbital,

谢谢!你写得很好!

只有一个小问题,应该是“党”书记,不是“当”哦~ :)

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
 said on
August 6, 2010
Haha, what a fun lesson. But is there no PDF?
 said on
August 6, 2010
@lifejustisthis,

Hmmm.... we added a quiz to this lesson earlier today which seems to have broken the PDF. Have regenerated and reuploaded it -- should work perfectly now. Thanks for the catch.

--david

 said on
October 21, 2010

(3:11) What is Echo saying here bao4ma3 ben1che1? 

Thanks for clarifying! 
 said on
October 21, 2010
@huyilin,

I didn't hear anything in this podcast like bao4 ma3 ben1 che1 at 3:11. But what you wrote in Pinyin is very similar to 宝马 and 奔驰 which are the Chinese words for BMW and Mercedes Benz.
 said on
October 22, 2010
@Xiao Hu,

Thanks! 宝马 and 奔驰 make absolute sense in the context they're discussing (expensive cars).

Apologies, I was looking at the wrong side of the dial; it is 3:11 from the end, not the beginning.

多謝!
 said on
October 22, 2010
huyilin & Xiao Hu,

Yes, they were 宝马 and 奔驰. Just a quick note: it's "bao3ma3" (third tone).

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
 said on
July 9, 2013
Should jīn hóuzi sāngbǎo be sang3bao3?
 said on
July 10, 2013
@etbaccata,

Fixed. Thank you!

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
 said on
January 22, 2018
hardest quiz ever