skylee Posted June 25, 2009 at 01:08 PM Report Posted June 25, 2009 at 01:08 PM oh i didn't realise you were talking about an IT jargon. Quote
Music&MeForever Posted June 25, 2009 at 01:15 PM Report Posted June 25, 2009 at 01:15 PM some simple language thumb up (gesture) 翘拇指 qiao2 mu3zhi3 (表示赞成的手势) and in colloquial: thumb up! 棒极了! bang4 ji2le0 thumb down! 真差劲! zhen1cha4jinr4 Quote
calibre2001 Posted June 25, 2009 at 01:44 PM Report Posted June 25, 2009 at 01:44 PM 筐籃 basket! Quote
leeyah Posted June 26, 2009 at 10:57 AM Report Posted June 26, 2009 at 10:57 AM Words that may come in handy anytime 宰客 to swindle money out of customers, overcharge 宰人 rip off someone 宰客30元 被罚两千 Quote
jbradfor Posted June 26, 2009 at 08:23 PM Report Posted June 26, 2009 at 08:23 PM Given the current economic climate, this one seems apropos: 破產 pò chǎn to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy Quote
calibre2001 Posted June 26, 2009 at 10:19 PM Report Posted June 26, 2009 at 10:19 PM 俱是 - all , together 1）全，都：百廢俱興，聲色俱厲。 2）一起；在一起：俱樂部，君与俱來。 Quote
Lu Posted June 28, 2009 at 03:15 PM Report Posted June 28, 2009 at 03:15 PM 倾诉 qing1su4 to say everything that's on one's mind. From a story. I'm not sure if it means 'talking about your troubles to a friend who listens patiently until you feel better just because someone listened', for some reason I think it does. Quote
heifeng Posted June 30, 2009 at 01:46 AM Report Posted June 30, 2009 at 01:46 AM (edited) 黑背 hei1bei4: German Shepard 大丹： da4dan1 Great Dane 柴狗：chai1gou3: Shiba INU ...(which now I finally have a name for now in Chinese & English other than, you know, that 'yellow dog with pointy ears':mrgreen:) 藏獒： zang4 ao2 Tibetan Mastiff (ok, and for good measure, lets just throw in 京巴： jing1ba (neutral or 1..not sure): pekingese...) from this article which has a picture not for the faint of heart:北京：盗狗团伙流窜作案一年多 形成盗宰销一条龙 actually here's just a sentence so you don't have to click the link if you don't wanna... 铁钩上倒挂着一条被灌水后准备屠宰的“黑背”，热气腾腾的大锅里正煮着一条已被宰杀的“大丹”……顺义警方上午通报，发生于本市多个区县的系列投药盗狗案告破，一个已形成盗、宰、销一条龙的最大盗狗团伙被彻底捣毁。在盗狗团伙的黑窝点，警方当场起获8把屠狗刀、拴狗链148条，解救出11只被盗犬。 Edited June 30, 2009 at 02:35 PM by heifeng left one dog of the list Quote
renzhe Posted June 30, 2009 at 05:38 PM Report Posted June 30, 2009 at 05:38 PM 吉他手 [jí tā shǒu] guitar player I knew about he usage of 手 in 歌手 and 高手, but still found this interesting. Quote
skylee Posted June 30, 2009 at 11:43 PM Report Posted June 30, 2009 at 11:43 PM There are also 水手/sailor (Popeye is 大力水手), 選手/contestant，鼓手/drummer, 小提琴手/violinist and 樂手/musician, etc. And 新手/new hand, 老手/old hand. Quote
calibre2001 Posted July 4, 2009 at 02:33 PM Report Posted July 4, 2009 at 02:33 PM 馬蹄 - House Hooves or Water Chestnut 鞭 - to cane a person Quote
skylee Posted July 4, 2009 at 02:51 PM Report Posted July 4, 2009 at 02:51 PM 鞭 - to cane a person It also means penis (usually of animals). Quote
heifeng Posted July 8, 2009 at 02:46 AM Report Posted July 8, 2009 at 02:46 AM (edited) 梦魇meng4yan3: nightmare;oppressive & suffocating dream, mostly caused by fatigue, indigestion, or excessive tension of the cerebral cortex... basically this word appeared in Twilight alooot. And then I bumped into it again in 蓝血人， so I'm postin' it b/c 50th time is the charm! Plus, who doesn't have excessive tension of the cerebral cortex & nightmares:twisted: Edited July 8, 2009 at 03:28 AM by heifeng Quote
heifeng Posted July 8, 2009 at 03:27 AM Report Posted July 8, 2009 at 03:27 AM oh, thanks Imron...hmm what the heck did I type...sorry! Lemme fix that. (darn now I think you've got 2 outta 3...and I just totally GAVE that one to you...) Quote
heifeng Posted July 8, 2009 at 03:34 AM Report Posted July 8, 2009 at 03:34 AM ok somehow I typed 梦魔 which also means nightmare, but is pronounced meng4mo2. Sorry for the confusion, but screwing up something usually helps you better remember the word as to not screw it up again in the future:mrgreen: At least I will remember it better in the future:mrgreen: BTW Roddy, your 黑匣子 word (the very very very first Random word on this list) seems to be getting tons of usage these days. Left and right, planes are just going down:-? Quote
heifeng Posted July 8, 2009 at 02:20 PM Report Posted July 8, 2009 at 02:20 PM Ok, moving right along, today's topic on 故事广播 was on 穷忙族： qiong2mang2zu2: working poor, I think they were talking about this book too 炮打穷忙：给穷忙族的第一张大字报 (if I remembered the title correctly that is...) Quote
Lu Posted July 8, 2009 at 06:59 PM Report Posted July 8, 2009 at 06:59 PM 丹凤眼 dan1feng4yan3 almond-shaped eyes. Apparently one guy in the Zhu Wen story has those. I had to check google if 丹凤眼 is a word that can be used on men, and it is. I still don't quite know what they actually are, though, I don't recall ever meeting someone and noticing their almond-shaped eyes. Quote
imron Posted July 9, 2009 at 12:56 AM Report Posted July 9, 2009 at 12:56 AM If you remember sometime around the Olympics, the Spanish basketball (?) team caused a bit of a stir for publishing a photo where they were all making their eyes look slanted by pulling on them with their fingers? That shape is 丹凤眼. Quote
Lu Posted July 9, 2009 at 01:44 PM Report Posted July 9, 2009 at 01:44 PM (edited) Slanty eyes = almond-shaped eyes? Okay... In the end I translated that the guy with those eyes, and a 高鼻梁 too, had 'a pretty face', because it was the most straightforward way to explain to a foreign audience what the author actually meant. Edit: And a random word, from the same (mainland) story: 學潮 xue2chao2 student protests, here: TAM-protests. First I found 'student strike', but then I started thinking, wait a minute, checked google in fanti, and there it was. Edited July 9, 2009 at 04:26 PM by Lu Quote
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