"Enough with this small-scale stuff," Wang Zecun signed. Although the pickpocket gang had been working the railroad station for years, using their heightened observation and non-vocal communication skills to outwit the authorities, the encroachments of the local police were becoming too obvious to ignore. "If they're going to crack down on us like this, we might as well get out of petty crime completely."
disapearingwoman
 said on
December 7, 2011
I think there has been another mishap :). Just letting you guys know, I don't think the audio is showing up. Hopefully it's not just me if so then, sorry guys. Either way looks like it will be an interesting lesson.
Elementary
 said on
December 7, 2011
@disapearingwoman,

Arggg.... thanks for the ping and sorry to keep everyone waiting. We've just reuploaded the lesson and dialogue files, so you should be able to get them now. Thanks again.

--david
minghan
 said on
December 14, 2011
On the pdf, the characters/pinyin for "what" is: 什吗/shenma. I know "what" as 什么/shenme. Is this a mistake? Or are they interchangeable?
Echo
 said on
December 14, 2011
@lcardone,

It's interchangeable :)

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
richard
 said on
December 15, 2011
@Echo, in quiz got #5 wrong.

need fanyi of both question and answer.
Echo
 said on
December 16, 2011
@richard,

Sure: 他还是没到，你还是等一等吧 -- He still hasn't arrived, you'd better wait a bit. And the question is: does the word "还是" mean the same thing in this sentence as it means in our dialogue?

And the answer is the first one does, and the second one doesn't.

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
menglelan
 said on
December 30, 2011
The Deaf Pickpocket Gang? Who was the inspiration behind this? And to make this lesson more authentic, maybe you shouldn't supply any audio! AH HA HA HAH HAH!!!!

---menglelan
Echo
 said on
December 30, 2011
@menglelan,

Hahahahahahahaha... 这个聋人扒手队在中国南方确实是一条真的新闻。

--Echo

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menglelan
 said on
December 30, 2011
@Echo,

是吗？？？能否给我找来这条新闻？？？

---menglelan
Echo
 said on
December 30, 2011
@menglelan,

有几条不同的新闻，因为不是一个地方出现的事：

http://www.xyw.gz.cn/a/20111012/3839.html

http://news.hexun.com/2011-12-09/136166348.html

从另一个角度说，残障人士在中国的生活确实没有什么保障（当然，一般人在中国也没什么保障）。

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
mjhyatt
 said on
January 30, 2012
What's the song at the start of the lesson?
Echo
 said on
January 30, 2012
@mjhyatt,

It's “不留” from Wang Fei. We have a KTV Wednesday on this song: http://www.popupchinese.com/lessons/ktv-wednesday/wang-fei-nothing-remains

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
jeffro73
 said on
February 6, 2012
Whatever happened to KTV Wednesday? I think it's a great way to learn.

Recommending 月蚀 by 莫文蔚, http://www.1ting.com/player/d6/player_4035.html

crank up the volume so the deaf pickpockets and your neighbors can feel it

元宵节快乐

Echo
 said on
February 6, 2012
@jeffro73,

It's a good song. Thanks for your recommendation!

Nothing happened to KTV Wednesday. It's just a bit difficult to find good songs :(

--Echo

echo@popupchinese.com
benjameno.irwin
 said on
February 25, 2012
Is there any connotative difference between 聋人 and 聋子? Is one more politically correct than the other?
MoNigeria
 said on
February 25, 2012
I don't think political correctness is something that has quite reached the middle country just yet...

This is a place where some people refer to freckles as 苍蝇屎....so...
amber
 said on
February 27, 2012
@benjameno.irwin

Yeah, 聋人 is more polite than 聋子.

Amber

amber@popupchinese.com
bennyoyama
 said on
May 3, 2012
Hey good pao pao zhongwen folks - I'm a new subscriber and I'm loving pao pao zhongwhen, it's the perfect supplement to my learning right now. Thanks for all your hard work on this great program! I'm having some trouble with the feature that allows you to click unfamiliar vocab in order to add it to your word bank. In the first days of my free account, the clicked word flew up and added to my work bank. Now when I click a word, the window containing the word info freezes and i'm able to click the character/pinyin/translation within, highlighting the clicked word - but the word does not get added to my word bank. Any help with this would be great.

-Benny O
trevelyan
 said on
May 3, 2012
@bennyoyama,

Thanks for your support. Just for fixing the wordlist stuff, can you let us know your browser, OS and what exact page is causing the problem? Email us at service@popupchinese.com and we'll follow up by email.

Thanks,

--david

alinepnina
 said on
February 12, 2013
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO GET THE SOUND FOR THE LESSONS ON KINDLE FIRE? THE REST IS FINE EXCEPT FOR THE WRITING.

ALINE