Chinese Language Learning Program Lesson 204 -- Bai Xue is back!

Chinese Language Learning Program

Lesson 204 – Bai Xue is back!

Hello, everyone. Long time no see! I miss you so much! Yes, this is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program.

Shí jiān guò de zhēn kuài!  Yī huàng jǐ nián jiù guò qù  le!   203 Kè yǐ hòu, wǒ bǎ

 时 间 过 的  真  快！一  晃  几 年 就 过 去了! 203课以后,  我 把  

diàn nǎo jiè gěi le wǒ de gang qín lǎo shī, rán hòu wǒ jiù zhàn shí méi yǒu diàn 

电 脑借给了我 的  钢  琴 老 师,  然 后 我 就 暂   时 没 有  电  

nǎo lái lù zhì kè chéng le!   Zhí dào shàng zhōu, wǒ yǒu le yī tái  kě yǐ  lù zhì kè 

脑 来录制课 程  了! 直 到    上   周, 我有了一台 可以录制 课  

chéng de  xīn diàn nǎo! Hěn gāo xìng gào sù dà jiā, bái xuě zhōng wén kè chéng 

 程  的 新电  脑！很   高  兴  告 诉大 家,白 雪   中    文  课  程 

 kě  yǐ jì  xù la!    Duō xiè dà  jiā de zhī chí,  yě xī wàng dà jiā  jì xù zhī chí bái xuě. 

可以继续啦!   多谢 大家的支 持,也希  望 大家继续支  持白 雪。

Tóng shí  wǒ yě hěn  bào qiàn zhè jǐ nián méi néng jí shí huí fù hěn duō huǒ bàn 

 同   时 我 也 很  抱  歉  这 几年  没  能 及 时回复 很  多  伙  伴 

men de liú yán.  Xīn kè chéng kāi shǐ hòu, wǒ huì  lù xù jí shí huí  fù  huǒ bàn men 

 们  的 留言。新 课  程  开 始 后,我会 陆续及时回 复 伙 伴   们  

de  wèn tí hé liú yán!  Wǒ men de  xīn kè jiāng cóng 205  kè kāi shǐ!    Zài  cì    

的  问题和 留言!  我  们  的 新 课 将   从205  课 开 始! 再 次  

gǎn xiè  dà jiā! Xià cì kè jiàn!

感  谢 大家! 下次课 见！

Time flies! A few years passed! After lesson 203, I lent my computer to my piano teacher, and then I temporarily had no computer to record the new lesson! Until last week, I had a new computer that could be used to record lessons! I am very happy to tell you that Bai Xue’s Language Learning Program will continue! Thank you for your support, and hope that everyone will continue to support Bai Xue. At the same time, I am also sorry that I have not been able to respond to the messages of many friends in time in recent years. After the start of the new course, I will respond to the questions and messages of any friends in time! Our new less will start from lesson 205! Thank you again! See you next time!

Chinese Language Learning Program Lesson 203 --hóng huāng zhī lì (洪荒之力)

Chinese Language Learning Program

Lesson 203 – hóng huāng zhī lì (洪荒之力)

 Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time we learned about the difference between qù běi jīng le (去北京了) and qù le běi jīng (去了北京) in Chinese. Today, we will learn hóng huāng zhī lì (洪荒之力) in Chinese.

Chinese Olympic swimmer Fu Yuanhui has become a super star on many Chinese social media after she finished the women’s 100m backstroke in Rio

In her post-race interview, she said one idiom: hóng huāng zhī lì

(洪荒之力)

Literally, hóng huāng zhī lì (洪荒之力) means the power strong enough to change the universe or destroy the universe.

She actually wanted to express “I have tried my best, I have given my full play or I spared no effort”.

Ok, that is all for today.

xiè xiè!

 谢  谢 ! (Thanks!)

xià cì jiàn

 下 次 见!  (See you next time!)

Chinese Language Learning Program Lesson 202 --Difference between qù běi jīng le (去北京了) and qù le běi jīng (去了北京) in Chinese

Chinese Language Learning Program

Lesson 202 – Difference between qù běi jīng le (去北京了) and qù le běi jīng (去了北京) in Chinese

Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time we learned about how to use cì (次), biàn (遍), tàng (趟) in Chinese. Today, we will learn the difference between qù běi jīng le (去北京了) and qù le běi jīng (去了北京) in Chinese.

qù běi jīng le

去   北   京  了 (has been to or has gone to Beijing)

qù le běi jīng

去 了  北   京 (go to or went to or has been to Beijing)

Ok, these two phrases have similar meaning, but there are some subtle differences when we use them in some sentences.

1.   zhè jǐ tiān nǐ qù nǎ'er le?

  这几  天  你  去  哪儿了？(Where have you been?)

wǒ qù běi jīng le jǐ tiān.

 我  去  北   京  了几  天。

(I’ve been to Beijing for several days.)

nǐ dōu qù le nǎ xiē dì fāng?

你   都  去 了 哪  些  地  方？

(What places did you go?)

wǒ qù le běi jīng, hái yǒu shàng hǎi, shēn zhèn, guǎng

 我  去 了 北   京， 还   有      上      海，  深     圳，     广

zhōu jǐ gè chéng shì.

   州  几 个     城     市。

(I went to Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou several cities.)

2.   qù běi jīng le + jǐ cì ( jǐ tàng, jǐ tiān)

 去  北   京  了+几次( 几   趟,  几 天)

qù nián wǒ qù běi jīng le sān cì.

去    年   我   去  北   京  了  三  次。

(Last year I went to Beijing three times.)

shàng gè yuè wǒ qù běi jīng le wǔ tiān.

上     个  月   我   去  北   京 了  五   天。

(Last month, I have been to Beijing for five days.)

jīn nián wǒ qù běi jīng le jǐ tàng, dōu méi jiàn dào tā.

今    年   我  去   北   京 了几   趟， 都     没   见   到   她。

(I have been to Beijing several times this year, but did not see her.)

shí jiān + qù le běi jīng + qí tā shì qíng

  时  间  +  去了  北   京   + 其他  事   情

shàng gè yuè tā qù le běi jīng bìng cān guān le tiān'ān mén.

    上     个  月  他  去了  北  京      并    参      观   了  天  安 门。

 (He went to Beijing and visited Tiananmen Square last  

  month.)

dà xué bì yè hòu tā qù le běi jīng.

大   学  毕 业   后  她 去 了 北    京。

(After he finished college, he went to Beijing.)

shàng zhōu mò wǒ men qù le běi jīng dòng wù yuán.

     上      周    末   我   们   去 了  北   京      动     物    园。

(We went to the Beijing zoo last weekend.)

3.   qù běi jīng le ( dào méi dào bù zhī dào)

去   北   京  了  (到    没    到  不   知   道)

(Went to Beijing or Left for Beijing. But do not know if he/she is there or not.)

tā jīn tiān zǎo shàng qù běi jīng le.

她今 天 早 上 去 北 京 了。

(She left for Beijing this morning.) (Maybe she is there or not.)

qù le běi jīng (去了北京) can be connected with the past, present or future.

tā qù nián qù le běi jīng, xiàn zài hái zài nà lǐ.

她 去    年  去 了  北   京，  现   在   还   在 那 里。

(She went to Beijing last year, and is still there.)

 jí shǐ nǐ xiàn zài qù le běi jīng yě zhǎo bù dào tā.

即  使 你  现    在  去了  北   京  也     找   不   到  她。

(Even you go to Beijing now, you still can not find her.)

míng tiān wǒ qù le běi jīng, hái yào qù shàng hǎi.

   明    天   我  去 了  北   京，还    要   去    上      海。

(I will go to Beijing tomorrow and also Shanghai.)

Ok, that is all for today.

xiè xiè!

 谢  谢 ! (Thanks!)

xià cì jiàn

下 次 见!  (See you next time!)