中国电视节目 Chinese Television Programmes 大家好， 我经常看中国电影，但是我还是不太熟悉中国电视环境怎么样。有人会推荐几个电视剧？下面有几个我很喜欢的电影。也许这能帮你推荐一个适合我口味的电视节目。 谢谢您们的帮助。 Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone can recommend some programmes/series in Mandarin? To give you an idea of my tastes. the below are some of the films I like: Farewell My Concubine (1993) 霸王别姬 Bà Wáng Bié Jī - Drama - (set largely during the Cultural Revolution) To Live (1994) 活着 Huózhe - Drama - PRC (set during pre-Communist China to Cultural Revolution) Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) 白日焰火 Báirì Yànhuǒ - Crime/Thriller Ash Is Purest White (2018) 江湖儿女 jiānghú érnǚ - Crime/Thriller If You Are the One (2008) 非诚勿扰 Fēichéng Wùrǎo - Drama/Comedy I am Not Madame Bovary (2016) 我不是潘金莲 Wǒ Búshì Pān Jīnlián - Drama

Improving Listening for Tones at Conversational Pace Hi all, I have been studying/speaking Mandarin on and off over the past five years (planning to take HSK5 in 2021). However, when it comes to hearing tones at conversational pace, I am still struggling and it is causing me to lose motivation to continue learning. When I have a conversation in Mandarin, I can only understand the other person (or people) from the context i.e. if they intentionally incorrectly pronounced several tones in a sentence, I would not be able to recognise they were doing so. As English does not have tones as a means to differentiate words, I'm just wondering if there are any advanced Chinese speakers (or listeners to be precise!) who can share some advice on how to improve? In particular, if anyone can share some resources (free or paid) which offer a structured method for developing the skill, that would be great! Thanks, Stephen

Mastering Hearing for Tonal Languages 准确识别汉语的声音

反而 (Grammar Point) Hi, I'm just wondering how to use 反而. I've looked at the allset learning articles on this, and one article says that in the second clause, if there is a noun then 反而 is after the noun. Example (from allset learning wiki): 我帮了她 ，反而她生气了 。- NO 我帮了她 ，她反而生气了。- YES But, the allset learning article on 反而 and 却 says the opposite of this: "反而 can be placed before or after the subject. 却 can only be placed after the subject."

状态符号的意思是不是社会地位与财富的象征？ 我想翻译"status symobol", 比如： 苹果手机是一种状态符号。 状态符号的意思是不是社会地位与财富的象征？

“..会...的”还是“...会..." ”...会...的“ 这个词语的意思是一个事情有可能会发生，但是我不确定怎么用。 比如，我遇到这句：”我迟早会去一次中国”. 为什么不加“的”？ 下面的句子都有"的"： 问题迟早会解决的 车迟早会有的 区别是不是这样的，问题肯定会解决的，车我肯定会有的， 但是我不肯定我会去一次中国？

负和承担有什么区别？ 大家好，最近我这个词语”承担责任“。我的问题是负责任和承担责任有森么区别？ 我知道负责人也是形容词，比如：他很负责任 （He is very responsible)，但是我不能说“他很承担责任”。 还有区别吗？

“显得人太成熟” 还是 “显得太成熟” 大家好 以下对话在我的课本中： 男：这个款式现在很流行，您穿着也挺合身的。 女：可我觉得这条裙子显得人太成熟，我穿着不太习惯。 我不确定为什么第二句有“人”。 是不是这样的： 显得太成熟 It looks too mature (old) 显得人太成熟：It makes people look to mature (old)?

太还是太...了有什么区别？ 我看课本时看到这句“周围环境太吵”，但是我以为应该是“周围环境太吵了”。 我本来觉得我应该加"了"。有人会告诉我区别是什么？ 谢谢您们！