Random new word of the day

[in_lab]

Sometimes you don't think have have a lot in common culturally, then you find out you both have MacGyver.

[heifeng]

don't mention MacGyver please hehe

Keeping on my cold season terms:

first a song, "猪！你的鼻子有两个孔，感冒时的你还挂着鼻涕牛牛"

ok, right, on to my random word:

擤鼻子xing3bi2zi1 blow one's nose...

[cdn_in_bj]

Oh, and apparently a chinchilla is called a 龙猫 ( at least according to the petshop where they have a pair of em') but in my dictionary it says something else..regional difference and different names I suppose, not uncommon...ahhhhhh sooo cute and fluffy

Thanks, now I know what these are called in English/Spanish too! They are indeed very cute, but seem to be somewhat of a high-mainenance pet.

[roddy]

擤鼻子xing3bi2zi1 blow one's nose...

Hey! That was going to be MY word! Seriously. Will find another one.

[muyongshi]

Does that mean that it is cold season???

[adrianlondon]

According to an online dictionary, 擤 (xing3) means "to blow ones nose with fingers". So is this the proper term for snot rocket?

[Quest]

According to an online dictionary, 擤 (xing3) means "to blow ones nose with fingers". So is this the proper term for snot rocket?

It's a generic term, works with or without kleenex/tissues.

Alt. 擤鼻涕

[文言訓開班]

露架床 - bunkbed. (i could have the first char. wrong)

[Lu]

蹲馬步 dun4 ma3 bu4 the 'horse stance' in gongfu. In the article I saw it in it was used as meaning 'the very basics', that you have to learn first before you can think of doing anything fancy.

[imron]

Bunk beds are also known as 上下铺.

[roddy]

吃枪药 chīqīangyào, to be bad-tempered, offend people.

[imron]

对讲机 - Walkie Talkie

[heifeng]

血腥: xue4xing1 very bloody/violent

for example: 驻伊美军遭遇最血腥的一年

and

百老汇: Broadway

[roddy]

I'll see your 百老汇 and raise you a 贝嫂, beìsaǒ. Posh Spice. Think about it

[imron]

Haha, named after her husband, that's great. I wonder what they'll call her if they get a divorce.

[studentyoung]

贝嫂？It reminds me of 月嫂. Haha!

月嫂: married mid-aged female baby-sitter who might have experience on taking care of new-born babies and are hired to help those new mothers when they’re 坐月子.

Cheers!

[Myriam]

From :

老师将就英汉双语翻译中的诸多要点进行实例分析，包括翻译的标准、词域的差异、特殊词语的表达、语言结构分析、文化差异的影响、委婉语的表达、英汉语言的差异等。

表达 biǎo dá : to express, to convey

委婉语 wěi wǎn yǔ : euphemism

[Lu]

Roddy, not to be picky but your tone marks are on the wrong vowels. Is that a problem with the system you use to type them?

I got two today:

娃娃車 wa1wa1che1 what do you call it, the little carts for riding babies around.

And the word for corkscrew. I asked two Chinese who both said there was no word for it. Fortunately a lady working at a bar knew better: 開瓶器 kai1ping2qi4, 'bottle-open-machine'

[imron]

Is that a problem with the system you use to type them?

Haha, obviously not checked-mode Pinyinput, which gets it right. That's just one of the problems pinyinput was designed to solve

[roddy]

Yeah, to be honest I couldn't tell you without checking where the tones should go, and while I do (along with all other right-minded people) have pinyinput installed it wasn't in checked mode. Trouble with checked mode is that you cān't dó thǐs, càn yǒǔ?