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Hi Cmc!

长者的意思是铁则 (zhǎng zhě de yì si shì tiě zé) doesn't mean "brother-in-law." 长者 (zhǎng zhě) means "elder" or "senior," and 铁则 (tiě zé) means "iron rule." It seems like there might be some confusion. If you're looking for the word "brother-in-law," it would be 姐夫 (jiě fu) for "sister's husband" or 妹夫 (mèi fu) for "younger sister's husband."

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长者的意思是铁则 really means borther-in-law??

Hello steve,

Thank you for your comment. We will look into the pause/play button in the slideshow.

俗话说，女儿是妈妈的小棉袄。

This sentence means "As the old saying says, a daughter is a mother's little coat."

As always, let us know if you have any questions.

Ngai Lam

Team ChineseClass101.com

your pause/play button on the slide show does not work. I tried to pause the slideshow, it shows a change from pause to play, implying that it will stop the tape, but the audio track continues.

the 12th example "daughter" speaks the idiom, then paraphrases the idiom for us. But it never really gives us the "idiom".

I am curious, what is the actual phrase this signifies?

俗话说，女儿是妈妈的小棉袄。

And why leave this part out? Isn't it much more fun to learn a language when you learn "while the cat's away, the mice will play" is mirrored in Mandarin by "When the tiger is out of the mountain, the monkeys will play" or something like that (according to my faulty memory) ?

你好 robert groulx！

谢谢 for commenting. We are very happy to have you here. Let us know if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

雷文特 (Levente)

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thank you for the lesson

favorite word is弟弟

robert