wai ming Posted December 20, 2006 at 06:02 PM Report Posted December 20, 2006 at 06:02 PM Ancient India = 天兰 I think that should be 天竺 (tian1 zhu2). Quote
HashiriKata Posted December 20, 2006 at 06:16 PM Report Posted December 20, 2006 at 06:16 PM 小猫ちゃん今天喝醉了だろう！ Quote
Koneko Posted December 20, 2006 at 11:45 PM Author Report Posted December 20, 2006 at 11:45 PM うん、ちょっとよっぱらちゃった。 Quote
Czech Cara Posted December 22, 2006 at 05:10 PM Report Posted December 22, 2006 at 05:10 PM 还有 淄博 [山东省] - 张店 Quote
trivia_tim Posted December 24, 2006 at 04:17 PM Report Posted December 24, 2006 at 04:17 PM I recently went to Chengdu, which has a new title: Garden of Eden of the East. They've got a bit of a tongue twister there. Harbin has been variously titled Paris of the East, Moscow of the East, Ice City and Lilac City. Quote
Czech Cara Posted December 25, 2006 at 07:33 AM Report Posted December 25, 2006 at 07:33 AM looks like the tourist fever makes Chinese cities make up new names every other week, could Lanzhou be Birmingham of the East? Quote
Koneko Posted December 29, 2006 at 04:42 PM Author Report Posted December 29, 2006 at 04:42 PM Birmingham as the heart of England? Quote
Koneko Posted February 6, 2007 at 05:08 PM Author Report Posted February 6, 2007 at 05:08 PM Another one I saw today:- 瀛州Japan K. Quote
roddy Posted February 22, 2007 at 03:55 AM Report Posted February 22, 2007 at 03:55 AM Just heard a new one on the radio: The Taklamakan[/url']: China's Sahara! Quote
anonymoose Posted February 23, 2007 at 02:07 AM Report Posted February 23, 2007 at 02:07 AM I'm not sure that this constitutes an alternative name, but 和 sometimes also refers to Japan, as in 和服 (kimono). Quote
jukebox Posted February 23, 2007 at 02:16 AM Report Posted February 23, 2007 at 02:16 AM I have to point out that... Though 大和 and 倭 share the same pronunciation in Japanese, 倭 in Chinese is a derogatory word for Japan/Japanese. Quote
Koneko Posted March 5, 2007 at 05:15 PM Author Report Posted March 5, 2007 at 05:15 PM ... And 支那 in Japanese is a derogatory phrase for China. K. Quote
Koneko Posted March 15, 2007 at 09:43 AM Author Report Posted March 15, 2007 at 09:43 AM 花旗国 = USA K. Quote
Koneko Posted March 16, 2007 at 03:25 PM Author Report Posted March 16, 2007 at 03:25 PM Pardon my ignorance! I just realised 燕京 was Beijing's old name... 燕京 = Old Beijing K. Quote
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