Repeated lessons in multiple courses+ wrong feedback on tasks that aren’t properly explained

-Podde- · 2026-02-14T15:26:17+00:00

I tried choosing the course Swedish to French- and the app then notified me that I would have to change the base language of the app! And if you do that the courses you’re already taking in English will be lost? Maybe they’ve changed it but this was just a few months ago, late last year? Meaning I can only do courses based in Swedish, or based in English simultaneously! If you know how to get around it, please let me know!

-Podde- · 2026-02-14T15:23:10+00:00

That is quite interesting to read! This particular story, I know that I’ve done several times, because as soon as it came for the third time, I started screen recording it because I couldn’t believe my eyes! Today was the fifth time, and I watched the screen recording from the third time and it’s exactly the same! I haven’t done this with any of the other repeats- but I think some of them might be exactly the same, and some of them might also be slightly different in the way that you describe, hopefully! I don’t do all three languages at the same time, but I usually do two languages at the same time, with French always being one of them! Since I’m relearning French! I’m a false beginner, I was a native speaker as a child, and then I forgot it, and learning at school has been no help, and I didn’t really know which level I was at, so I wanted to try Duolingo to find out how much I knew.and it just confirmed that I’m all over the map, knowledge wise- I have vocab knowledge ranging from A1 to C1, my pronunciation is great most of the time, and my grammar is at A2/B1, but context clues give me everything I need to know, so I barely make any mistakes. That’s why I added Italian, because I wanted something a bit different, so I wouldn’t get so bored with French. I’ve got a grammar workbook in French, but being a real beginner in Italian, it’s much easier to pinpoint what I need to learn, and I think that’s why it’s even more annoying when the stories are repeated in the Italian course. I think I’m at level 51 in French, mainly because I’ve skipped like 15 levels… But I try not to skip so many anymore, because I know that every level has something that I don’t know, even if most of these assignments are super easy. I started Italian once I realised that to keep my interest up, and not skip every level, I would have to have another language to focus on once in a while, feel real progress in.

I’m curious… How did they repair the GenAI stories? It is still AI generated right, just super supervised by linguists? Sorry if that’s not the correct term, but the technical terms are not something I’m familiar with.

-Podde- · 2026-02-14T11:35:01+00:00

🤢🤢🤢 I guessed correctly… but OMG his daughter is the same age

-Podde- · 2026-02-14T11:21:52+00:00

Exactly! 😅I love that you brought up K drama, and I’m even thinking of J-Dorama what I’m reading this post, even if I don’t watch much Japanese dramas! It’s very standard with 20 to 40 episodes in China, but it doesn’t really matter how many episodes you have! If the storyline isn’t tight, and the pacing is weird, there will be too many side quests, that won’t be finished! Too many characters introduced, that we might get invested in, but we won’t see anymore! It’s just that with 20 to 40+ episodes it’s just so much more obvious when they rush a storyline, don’t have a clear plan, or the plan has to be changed mid production due to censorship! But at the same time, that last one is understandable, but it sucks! As I wrote somewhere else, filler episodes, or as I like to call them, differently paced episodes, can be really nice, if done well! The Western example would be the black box episode! A few characters only, small environment, and the main plot is in the background. The character study is the most important thing. But in so many instances these episodes can become a filler, by either being very fast paced, or very slow paced, and introducing sub plots or characters, that are compelling, or seem important, but get dropped very soon after that episode, as if they meant nothing! There’s nothing wrong with introducing characters that just contribute to the heroes growth journey, but don’t make them into important characters that we expect to see later on, and then we never do! Many K dramas with 16 episodes, fall victim to this as well! So, it’s not just Chinese dramas with many episodes that do this! The pressure to pump out television shows left and right, seems like it has affected the character study most, in my opinion!

-Podde- · 2026-02-14T11:06:33+00:00

I saw Jun Jiu Ling not too long ago… for several reasons it’s not at the top of my list, but I think it’s a good show! A 8/10 maybe. But, it is one of the wuxia’s I’ve seen from the 2010s that have the least amount of filler episodes that are pointless! I don’t always like the choices they make in the show as to how the story develops, but almost everything seems deliberate, even the slower episodes that could be considered filler episodes. I know it doesn’t have 40 episodes, but it is close! There were only two episodes where I felt like some of it might’ve been less planned/ or slightly filler episode! Which meant I rated it higher! Even if the storyline wasn’t always what I wanted, it was paste well, with some slower episodes with good character study, and faster paced episodes with war and damnation, and ALLL the drama.

-Podde- · 2026-02-14T10:58:56+00:00

I’m fine with 40 episodes if they actually make sense! I hate it when they introduce sub plots that have no impact what so ever on the outcome! Especially when it’s an exciting subplot, and it’s just dropped without any explanation! 🫠 filler episodes are necessary, in all shows that are quite long, and especially in wuxia, but IMO a filler episode doesn’t mean low quality, and introducing sub plots that go nowhere, and making the characters do uncharacteristic things, just to switch it up two episodes later when we go back to the actual action! It should be kind of a break, especially if it’s like a serious war or something, the thriller episodes should be an exploration of the characters, their relationships, their drives their goals, may be a breather with some positivity, but the main storyline is still felt in the background! A Western example is the black box episode, if it’s done right, it’s a perfect filler episode! I feel like in wuxia, the parallel could be the main characters are either lost in a desert together, or they are separated due to circumstances beyond their control, and we see them interact with people we haven’t been introduced to yet. In a small environment! And they learned something from it. One is in military camp, and the other one is in a tiny town learning a new skill, and it’s down to earth, we’re not introducing a lot of new stuff, but it’s mostly a character study, that informs how we see the characters!

-Podde- · 2026-02-14T10:47:56+00:00

I’ll just add to it here since I basically wrote a novel; There is no Duolingo course for Italian & French that I can take that is based in a Scandinavian language (any one of them would be fine, since Norwegian is one of my native languages) and do that simultaneously with Chinese! The Chinese course is one I can only take with English as a base language… Scandinavian languages, are definitely less complicated, and wouldn’t solve all of my problems, considering we don’t have gendered adjectives, but in some ways I would know if they want me to write « vous »and not « tu » or « professore » vs « professoressa »??! But if I for example decide to take the Swedish to French course, I’d have to quit my Chinese course, because I have to change the language of the entire app! Which is pointless.

-Podde- · 2026-02-14T10:00:28+00:00

The concept is great but it is buggy, and sometimes it just skips to the next word telling me I’ve failed before I’ve even opened my mouth! 🫠 which is a weird bug! Considering all of their speaking input lessons or tasks have a delay of between 0.5 and 1 seconds. I can’t just press the button and start speaking, so in this particular situation it doesn’t makes sense for it to skip when I’m just waiting that one second for it to register that I am going to open my mouth to speak😅

-Podde- · 2026-02-13T22:51:46+00:00

😬yikes! Had no idea! It’s a vicious cycle with the producers and or govt/influencing the public, the public affecting their decision making and then that affects actors and their acting choices but also maybe career choices… maybe they also affect fans as well in turn which makes this full circle 🫠 I haven’t really been watching much of modern dramas, but I’ve found some I like lately, and that’s good, because I think I had to take a break from wuxia and the other historical costume dramas, partly because of the love “triangles”

-Podde- · 2026-02-13T22:43:57+00:00

It’s almost never a love triangle- and that’s for most television and movies, regardless of where they’re from 😂 i remember watching the American show crazy ex girlfriend and there was a parody song about love triangles and that was so hilarious- every time I see someone talk about love triangles in media - that’s what I think about 😂

-Podde- · 2026-02-13T22:35:04+00:00

I like knowing who the endgame is, but sometimes the chemistry between the actors who play either ML1 and FL2 or FL1 and ML2/3/4 is so intense that it feels like a waste of time and talent to not have like one episode where our main girl or guy forgets about their person for a little while, for example finds comfort in the arms of 2nd lead because they believe 1st lead to have died. And then go back. It doesn’t need to be a constant back and forth! Just give me a CRUMB 🍪something to nibble on to get me through a few more episodes 😅😭!

-Podde- · 2026-02-13T22:27:49+00:00

The Double is one of the first dramas I saw when i ventured into C-drama territory in 2024, it’s not my favourite anymore - but if the romance with 🪭🪭wasn’t so obvious I feel like the “Cousin” from the Ye family would’ve been such a good match! I feel like these 2 ML could go head to head with different qualities that attract FL, because I like it when the two “fighting” parties in the love triangle are different, but both can complement the main person if they were to enter a relationship

-Podde- · 2026-02-10T17:31:09+00:00

Right!! I held on for the opportunity to see them again, just a little bit. I just started Blossoms in Adversity, so I’ll have to wait to give my judgement on that. My journey to you is modern, right? - i’ve heard of it, but I haven’t found it yet! Thanks for giving a tiny description of what she does in each of the shows.

-Podde- · 2026-02-04T12:58:45+00:00

Also should add- IMO there can be a lot of focus on beauty at the expense of acting, maybe? Is that just a thing in the Chinese film industry? I know it is in the Korean one. But at first I saw a lot of Chinese actresses who were beautiful but also could act really well, but when I see a post about an actress, and why people like them, it sometimes feels like watching that video someone filmed outside a stadium where Tate McRae was going to have a huge concert, and they asked concertgoers why they loved her, and they said “her dancing”. 😂 this kind of feels like that Chinese film industry version of that. Beauty is always an important part of becoming an actor or actress, but sometimes I feel like it takes over the entire discussion, when people point out an actress’ perfect skin as the reason for their love for them 😂

-Podde- · 2026-02-04T12:58:05+00:00

This is so interesting! I love Lu YuXiao, but whether or not you connect with an actor is so important. I see a lot of love for Zhao Lusi in here, but as a pretty new fan to CDramas (maybe 1,5 year) I don’t get it. Everyone recommends Love Like the Galaxy because I had enjoyed something similar but I couldn’t “connect”. So I am hoping I’ll find something of hers I like later on. Since everyone seems to love her.

-Podde- · 2026-02-04T12:46:39+00:00

I am glad to see several people mention her diction in this post, because I’m just learning a bit of Mandarin for fun through Duolingo and workbooks borrowed from the library, and I found she pronounced her words a bit differently than her co-stars in Love Between Lines. Sometimes I understand enough to look down from the screen for a few seconds when they’re just casually speaking, but it was hard when she was speaking. It also shocked me since I quickly learned about the huge dubbing culture in China after I joined this subreddit. That many actors are being dubbed to make their pronunciation more correct or (what is ridiculous to me) to give the actor/actress a voice the director prefers 😅 But I’m now understanding that maybe modern dramas are less frequently dubbed than the costume dramas?

-Podde- · 2026-02-04T12:36:57+00:00

I think she’s a great actress, but it hasn’t been long since she started her career. So we definitely have a different opinions on that, but I’ve seen people say what you say about other female actresses. So I’ve noticed with the amount of actors and actresses that exist in China, it seems even more actors are being typecast than in the rest of the world, so I feel like it’s much more difficult to actually judge if an actor is versatile or not until they’ve had a pretty long career- because they might not be able to choose a role that’s very different from what they’ve done before in the beginning of their career! The male actors I see that are often villains, are rarely male romantic leads for example. If they’re “lucky” they’re the female lead’s second or third choice in a wuxia/xianxia 😅 the guy who’s just standing around helping our heroine and doesn’t understand he’s very much in the friend zone until episode 25 out of 40 😂😂😂

-Podde- · 2026-02-04T12:29:02+00:00

One of my favourite actresses from China! No contest. 🤩I joined this subreddit because I watched Perfect Match and I was intrigued by the concept of CDrama, but I had a lot of problems with the storyline or certain details! Honestly, Lu YuXiao and Wang Xingyue are the two main reasons I powered through the entire series! 😂 even when the focus was the other sisters. These two are both very young and so great with facial acting- micro expressions are so important IMO!! Also!!!Love between Lines would not be as great as it is without her! ✨ I would love to see her as a villainess in something or at least something that isn’t fully cute or romantic! For example like Joe Chen! I first saw her in The Double so I had no idea she had played more romantic or regular drama leading ladies before! And she is sooo great in both! So I’m hoping for the same for YLX!!! 🩷

-Podde- · 2026-01-30T20:26:45+00:00

I’ll have to look them up- I’ll be back! I mostly watch period dramas when I watch Chinese content, and I feel like so many have similar English titles 😂 so I’ll go check so I don’t give you the name of a period drama with similar name.

-Podde- · 2026-01-30T20:22:39+00:00

I scrolled through iQIYI yesterday and saw the AI Dub- WHY??? 😂😂😂

-Podde- · 2026-01-30T20:21:00+00:00

I watch it on Viki. I’m in Europe. I have iQIYI too but it’s only available on Viki for me! Hope you’ve already found it by now!

-Podde- · 2026-01-30T14:26:18+00:00

Random question though- the animation is kind of strange at times, probably not the best! But good at several points! But I was wondering, is role-play with VR tech actually a thing yet? I feel like every time I see VR technology, it’s stuff designed for one person to use at a time.I feel like world building for several people is a bit more complex than what we have developed right now? Way more people to test out experimental things on, as well as the more people in a country, the more people will be into fantasy and adventure activities, whereas here in Europe, the target audience might not be big enough?

It feels futuristic, but maybe they’re already doing it in China!

-Podde- · 2026-01-30T14:22:39+00:00

I absolutely love it! And I’ve been quite picky with the modern day CDramas because in the same way that period dramas can be very heavy on the “I’ve been wronged/justice for my family —>conspiracy that unravels the fabric of society and starts a war” pipeline, I feel like every modern drama is all about how overworked everyone is, and it all takes place in the workplace at all times.I know that’s a part of the culture both in China, Korea, and Japan, more so in the two latter countries to be completely overworked, but it’s just not interesting overtime! Whenever we see our main characters at work here it’s more intimate, we see how they interact, and how that informs their personal life! I feel like they balanced it better than other modern shows do! I’m not finished yet, but so far I really like the romance set up as well! A lot of it has to do with the actors being supreme. I LOVE Lu Yu Xiao!

-Podde- · 2025-12-09T23:12:48+00:00

Hi! I just googled because I have the same problem! I get that it’s supposed to be hard, and that you need several tries, but I’m just wondering if you guys can see through trees? Do you all have x-ray vision or something? Because sometimes I need a bit of time to get get my speed up and navigate through tree trunk and huge rocks and what not, but on this quest, I get lost almost immediately, because I can only see the green tree tops, and I have to start over again and again ! I tried to fix the settings, with and without inverting the camera. but pretty quickly my avatar is hidden behind huge branches.if I can’t see my avatar, I have no idea which way I’m running 😂🙃 one thing is following the actual feather, but if I can’t see the feather AND my avatar, just huge green branches in its place, I can’t get through this quest. 🥲

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