MachoMan

a simple one that I like to think of and use is "on the mend". Mending is another term for recovering or repairing. Making this idiom quite easy to understand. But for those who are not well versed in the English language, one can see how it may be difficult to understand. It's a very casual / colloquial way of saying "I'm getting better". :angel:

A favorite of my own is the use of "the bee's knees". It means something is high in quality or is very very good. The rough origin is from bee farmers. Bee's carry the large amount of pollen on their knees, and of course , the more the better. This then became the saying, "this is the bee's knees!!" Or this is awesome! Another I like is "a dime-a-dozen". This is a very popular term from american movies, as a dime is 10 cents. The idiom explain the amount of something being so high, that it is rather worthless. For instance, a dime a dozen singer, means that at the moment, the market for a singer / entertainer is so flooded that you could get 12 (a dozen) of the from one dime (10 cents), which is very cheap when one looks at it as such!

A good resource that I've seen my best friend use is this YouTube channel! [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi6uQfL3VqKjNCOTHlp63nQ ] It is helpful to use this every few months to revise. Because you already know what will be on it, it's not too good for continuous learning but it still is very helpful! They have different levels of learning and each video has a different theme. Some are nouns and some are characters and others are phrases! Enjoy

I am trying to understand the humor of the Chinese people better. I'm well versed in English jokes and the structure that they hold, but the few jokes I've seen online in Mandarin, I can't quite grasp? If anyone could describe the joke structure, that would be amazing! Many thanks!

Thanks friend!I've been searching for different apps to use to teach myself a little bit of mandarin. I want to travel china in the next year or so, so this I'm sure will come in handy! I'll try it later today and relay how it goes !