82riceballs Posted August 22, 2007 at 07:58 AM Report Posted August 22, 2007 at 07:58 AM Here's the sentence that I don't get: 在上屆冠軍面前，你竟敢大言不慚的說自己是天下無敵手? 上屆 wasn't in the Y! dictionary. I looked up 屆 (which meant "expire"), so I'm pretty confused now. please throw some light into this. thanks. Quote
zhwj Posted August 22, 2007 at 08:20 AM Report Posted August 22, 2007 at 08:20 AM 屆 is also a measure-word for "session" or "season"; 上屆冠軍 is the winner of the previous round and could be translated as "defending champion". Quote
roddy Posted August 22, 2007 at 08:21 AM Report Posted August 22, 2007 at 08:21 AM You might want to look for another dictionary - I think it's that Yahoo one that is causing most of your problems. Quote
madizi Posted August 22, 2007 at 12:23 PM Report Posted August 22, 2007 at 12:23 PM Agree. Take a look here: http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/14007-a-list-of-online-chinese-english-dictionaries Quote
82riceballs Posted August 23, 2007 at 02:42 AM Author Report Posted August 23, 2007 at 02:42 AM thanks for the list of dictionaries and for the explanations! Quote
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