4 Actually Useful Chengyu 成语 (idioms) - Episode 1

[@ChineseZeroToHero]

0:36 不可思议 To be inconceivable 1:33 幸灾乐祸 Take pleasure in other people's misfortune 2:40 半途而废 To give up halfway 3:36 乘风破浪 to have high ambitions, not be afraid of hardships

[@QuizmasterLaw]

I look at Cheng Yu as an interesting & fun break from more disciplined learning and also a way to get insights into Chinese culture. I've defintely heard ban tu er fei before but haven't really internalized it's characters yet. 半途而废 and I am about certain it means "don't give up half-way". I think the best way to teach them is to come up with a four word english equivalent ideally one which rhymes 不可思议 but I can't believe it is an example I just came up with to remember bu ke si yi The toughest part of learning Chinese vocabulary is the complete lack of cognates. All we can do is come up with mnemonics like these. xin zai le huo schadenfreude

[@simonm8221]

This is really good content! the lesson is structured very effectively: reminds me of how they teached these at BLCU速成学院. I appreciate the fact that you are sticking to chinese to explain the 成语 and give examples, minimizing the amount of English spoken. Hearing the explanation in chinese ties the word to other known vocabulary, provides context and greatly strengthens the learning experience. The class is short and effective, the examples are very good for repetition. It is hard to find good quality content for advanced learning, please keep up the good work. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@marcelchuo]

Make it to a series please! Also your voice in this vid is like ASMR

[@Morganfields]

Yes! His voice is really smooth and mellow. I used ASMR whispered readings and ramblings in other languages to keep them fresh in my mind, 而 Chinese ASMR content 呢，真的不是去幼儿园的车吧 🙈 Definitely a gap in the market

[@hvadhvem6138]

视频很有意思！我中文老师说，汉语学了几年的时间后，成语是必要学的一点 因为中国孩子在学校将多种成语背下来，然后在日常生活中天天使用！谢谢你们教我们成语解释，希望会继续下去！👏🏻👏🏻

[@user-oh6wb5rj2q]

请问 在这 意思 指的是什么？ 很有意思 意思 是什么意思？ 谢谢

[@derekeano]

Love your content!!! Bought your HSK 3 and 4 series. It’s so nice to have teachers with such great voices.

[@LAMMYLAMMY11]

我觉得这样的小视频挺有帮助的，谢谢老师分享给我们看看。我要乘风破浪，每天刻苦学习才能提高我的汉语水平！

[@guogu329]

很感谢该节目用中英双语详细教授成语。该节目是诸多同类节目中最好的。对渴望学习成语者通过讲解的道理和举例，很有实际的能理解并能应用成语的真正帮助。盼望该节目将主要的 Actually Useful idioms 中国 成语用中英双语进行系统教授。

[@ccc-e1f]

Your German is excellent, too! Thanks for the great video

[@laurettagilbert2229]

I love Chengyu, I'd love you to continue a series of these!!! 谢谢您！！

[@E11imist]

Incredibly useful! Would definitely watch more episodes of this kind.

[@katharinafink5092]

Hey, thanks for sharing. Please keep sharing content like this, that is helpful when preparing for actual Chinese conversations with natives. Great explanaition, calm voice! Love it.

[@anthonyyongfeng]

我以前都是佩服你们！到现在没想到你们要制作这种视频，我就只能向你们说一声谢谢。努力学习词汇，我说中文的时候很少连个成语。我有这些大家可能感兴趣的成语。分享一下 说来话长》Its a long story 念念不忘》Always coming memories out, remembering them and never forget them 全心全意》Completly, from my heart, do thing with heart 好景不长》Good scenery dont last forever, good things last short moments

[@denniii09]

Damn I laughed when you knew the german word and spoke it perfectly 😂😂

[@tainantaiwan8629]

Schadenfreude

[@Neilcourtwalker]

me too, didn't see that coming 😂

[@TheRevitQueen]

haha, indeed. i speak 7-8 languages and i can tell you, no other language has captured the essence of that better than Schadenfreude :).

[@denniii09]

@@TheRevitQueen haha that's cool to hear :D

[@denniii09]

@@TheRevitQueen haha that's cool to hear :D

[@charlesbwilliams]

My favorite one is 好好学习，天天向上。

[@thutranghua8451]

So useful! Excited to see more videos of this type from you. Thanks laoshi!

[@romanbrando964]

很有意思，谢谢，喜欢你们节目的方式。

[@margaretthai588]

I like your voice. Handsome. I like the way you explain... very clear.

[@seoulmate1360]

Omg! You guys have to know that this series is so amazing and commendable. I hope you’ll make a lot more in the near future. We’re patiently waiting.

[@AW-cu8by]

This was a nice break from studying grammar, thank you! The little quiz was a nice touch too 👍

[@Snipersounds]

GREAT VIDEO!!!!! Thanks for sharing! I love the way you push us to a higher level by explaining in Chinese!

[@duongo9136]

Thank you 👍

[@erajijji1151]

Your video makes it very easy to grasp the idioms, please make this a series!

[@ThaiIsland]

I’ve seen a lot of your older videos and what I see in this video is very pleasant to listen and easy to follow. I like this style.

[@bantuvoicemuchaikinuthia2536]

I'm straight....But your voice is so palatable.... Every word so clear......

[@jimchen5537]

There is no 100% straight, most people are bi

[@sophiewallace911]

谢谢您！这个视频是很有用的，您说地很清楚，太棒了！

[@learnenglishwithbelle]

Thank you so much for this! I'm only in Intermediate Chinese at the moment, but I wanted to push myself to start learning/get exposed to idioms so that once I start preparing for the HSK in a couple years, it won't be so daunting!

[@PT121551]

Yes, I’m interested to see you making it a series. Thanks for your work.

[@eyoubkhou7708]

这样视频很好而且老师讲得非常好

[@jandakry6397]

这是最好的视频. 老师们也最好👍👍👍

[@AsiaLoverBoy_87]

Kevin老师你的英语水平很厉害。好像一个神。

[@ChineseZeroToHero]

哈哈 哪里哪里

[@darylpetty]

Great video, concise and full of useful information, appropriate for many levels. What I like most of all is that it is only 5minutes long. Not enough KZbinrs respect their viewer's time to give them concise videos. *Subscribed*

[@4rifr0mthe3nd]

You know German?? That's so cool :D ur pronunciation was amazing, u probably even live here! Looking forward to more videos

[@Erik_Escriche]

I liked it very much! Thank you!!! I think the quiz is a brilliant idea for reviewing.

[@xiaoxiachen2770]

真好！解释清楚易学。可以继续每天出一个吗？希望是高频的成语/俗语，帮助我的学生们乘风破浪，考试取得好成绩！谢谢！

[@jon_rome_143]

Excellent video, as always! Love your style of teaching, hope to see some more videos like this, very useful :)

[@UCLADebateVeteran]

I am a lifetime chinese to zero member and as usual your teaching modules are outstanding. I haven’t seen this on your platform for current paid members so if we need to pay more to add you should let us know. Jiayou

[@panitaweelee]

Keep up. It is very useful to Chinese learners.

[@StoneFreeSofie]

Yesss thank you, more more please! 😊I've always been interested in learning more chengyu, but just don't know where to begin!

[@yohanasusanto9167]

please more and more videos on Chengyu like this... very helpful!!!

[@vulan9234]

this kind of lesson is really helpful! thank you so much for the video, btw your voice is so sweet

[@sanaeuniversity5577]

This Chanelle helps me too much to learn Chinese language in 3 years. But I would like to improve more my 口语my spoken Chinese. If there is any platform or official site or application can you please recommend it's gonna be perfect 👌

[@jimlougheed8059]

Awesome video! A series on 成语 would be super helpful!

[@evelynfm1525]

this such a helpful video! hope you make more videos about 成语！！

[@mtownzach]

Thanks for the video! Just recognized one chengyu while watching iPartment 2!

[@صينياتنجاح]

非常好的老师！

[@cherrybomb4792]

每天我看你的视频，练习听力和阅读。现在我们有很长时间，不要浪费它。我要提高汉语。谢谢你！

[@木同吃什麼]

我“每天都”看你的视频，练习听力和阅读。现在我‘’X‘’有很‘’多的‘’时间，不“想”浪费它，我要提“升”汉语。谢谢“您”！

[@cherrybomb4792]

chiastanley H 哇，谢谢您的帮助！可以问一下。为什么这里用”提升汉语”比较好？

[@木同吃什麼]

如果你用完整的句子形容，你可以說：我要提高我漢語的水平。 如果你用簡短的句子形容，你可以說：我要加強漢語。 如果你用：提高漢語或提升漢語，提升漢語對母語中文的人聽起來比較通順一點。不然會覺得怪怪的。

[@cherrybomb4792]

chiastanley H 哦，明白了。再次致谢！

[@木同吃什麼]

不客氣！加油！

[@kongsinsdc3144]

讲得太好了

[@elaineg60]

QUESTION: one of my young friends on WeChat taught me a new Chengyu tonight and asked me to make a sentence or short story. 掩耳盗铃. Considering what is going on in my country right now...😂 You have another idiom I could also easily use, I think. My question, is it “correct” Chinese to use two Chengyu in two consecutive sentences? I want to surprise the boys with some sarcastic, funny description; but I’m unsure if there are any unwritten “rules” about using idioms.

[@anudari0926]

非常感谢。

[@TheGretaoto]

Man, a perfect class format! So comprehensible! I loved it! Thanks a lot!

[@Lolshi11]

谢谢帅哥

[@mariacarrilloalarcon944]

I love your channel! This is so usefull for people which want to improve their skill and level at being fluent in chinese. I want more and more! 加油💪

[@yangqin2970]

Besides 成语，I hope to learn 歇后语 too.

[@chungchhen]

Teacher, if you are able to, please make more videos in this series. Thank you much.

[@he.ming.juan22]

谢谢你老师！

[@Li.Siyuan]

Please make this into a series!

[@MohamedMahmoud-gh9np]

谢谢您

[@taidongyantai4752]

谢谢。

[@MOIR]

useful video !

[@johncapozzo3089]

i think you are good.....did catch the german word

[@ngocgiaunguyen3445]

太帅了😄😄❤️

[@mystical_pro7916]

Yup!

[@mariana13211elf]

Thank you for the quiz! good idea

[@jinghuaella1567]

love it so much

[@tandetnynick89]

Great content, gonna watch the movie now. 👍🏻🦠

[@aliousy7190]

谢谢老师

[@trungthichao3498]

不錯，🙏

[@peribahasamandarin9670]

好棒。

[@vio3366]

Loved this!!

[@ryu7291]

Yes please! You can't not make a series now. 期待！

[@wenyichu3486]

Xiexie! very helpful content and the quizzes is a great tool. Quick question: what is the tip in setting up the forms so that it would show correct answers and grades for each response? I tried to set it up for my students but haven't figured it out. Xiexie!

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It's helpful, I'm a CZTH subscriber I'm eagerly waiting for your bilingual podcast .

[@藤本賢一]

sogreat!amazingcontents!!!

[@yorkshiremaninchina]

nice to see your face, i always hear your voice, i'm defo gunna get these used. 如果你不给我们拍下一个节目，那这件事情就是不可思议的

[@mudykho7883]

Great,very useful. Thank's a lot.

[@anatoly_svv]

点赞👍 盼望能看到更多关于成语的视频

[@carolinarocha4983]

yeahhhh! loved the video! please keep doing these episodes

[@lananhbui717]

虽然我不会英语但是我能听懂😂😂😂 谢谢老师

[@ellasantine8587]

Good video, how about this word I always listen to the drama 不可能。

[@sushilguragain9409]

好老师

[@mandarinhobby9593]

我喜欢你的视频。。。鼓励你做更多视频谢谢。。。

[@thom8303]

Yes more pls

[@FilipP88]

Good video idea ! 谢谢老师

[@МарянаКазимірик-ь1ц]

很有用！！

[@valenciawang9298]

So helpful

[@KellyS74]

This was really helpful.. Thank you 😊

[@alonataranets]

有意思!

[@Annie-db1vh]

thanks for teaching~~ ^-^

[@liqritrs8391]

不能半途而废知不知道？ I heard that in the film 东北人和台湾人打架 This is one of the best ideas you've done, 难怪我什么课程都买了！

[@yangqin2970]

露面 ， 抛头露面，老师，成语里面的 ”露”，应该怎么念呢？ lou 或者 lu 呢？

[@alancarvente7295]

My girlfriend told me one I really like: 水滴石穿 about persistence.

[@jiajiazhang833]

hi ,成语杂乱无章怎么翻译成英文，或者有没有相应的英文成语。谢谢

[@Jlittledaughter]

哥哥，麻烦你能教我们conjunction吗？哪一个比较正式，中国人一般使用哪个conjunction等。多谢哦

[@mydarlings9619]

我对中文成语感兴趣

[@mydarlings9619]

我想问您一下，如何跟您联系呢？

[@mdi2871]

您好老师， 我想进步我的口语我应该做什么呢？

[@aabajolatareaa]

like, someone knows where Can I watch that movie? 3Q!!!!

[@紫妍-e6q]

继续吧💪💪 很有意思

[@yangqin2970]

袒露 ，袒胸露背（成语），老师，请问，成语里面的“露“字，读音是念成 lu 还是 lou 呢？

[@jacklim5940]

lu

[@farhadsaberi]

特别有助的视频。一个成语我从来没有成功把它翻译成英语是”从实招来“。能不能解释它吗？

[@木同吃什麼]

“非常”有“幫助”的视频。“有一句‘’成语我从来没有成功“的”把它翻译成英语，“就”是”从实招来“。能不能“幫我”解释它“X”？

[@木同吃什麼]

"从实招来" is " You must tell me a real reason!"

[@scientist_cameramA-]

Hmmm I'm still confuse about 成语 because I forgot all of them :(

[@樣語嫣]

Omg Schadenfreude 😂