Random new word of the day

[Murray]

体香剂 tǐxiāngjì = deodorant

[skylee]

動漫電玩 as in 香港動漫電玩節 - animation, comics, games

The term used in the Guangzhou fair is 動漫遊戲.

[skylee]

消極比賽 - playing to lose a game, "not using one's best efforts to win a match".

[Glenn]

Very topical.

[Murray]

爽歪歪 shuǎngwāiwāi - to be in bliss, blissful, to feel great

[heifeng]

[tooironic]

@skylee That reminds me of 放水, "to throw a game".

[Murray]

疯牛病 fēngniúbìng = mad cow disease

[roddy]

芳踪, fāngzōng, someone's whereabouts, or presence. Trace perhaps, as in not a trace was found. Eg:

关淑怡的“失踪”消息传出之后，前天有媒体曾到其愉景湾寓所及其10岁儿子关浚贤就读的学校守候，但不见其芳踪。

[imron]

But presumably only for females.

[Kenny同志]

But presumably only for [young] females.

[skylee]

書衣 - book cover (this term is new to me, but it is used in the museum gift shop that I am visiting, ie MOCA Taipei)

[Thinkerbelle]

One word that I often hear people say is 花痴, which literally means "flower idiot". My guess is it refers to girls who are excessively fond of having men around them. I may be wrong. Up till now, I don't quite know what it means.

[Kenny同志]

When talking about diaherra, Chinese just use 拉肚子. The only example sentences I can find that include 泄泻 sound very technical and apart of medical jargon instead of everyday speech.

Any thoughts?

泄泻 is a term of traditional Chinese medicine.

[Glenn]

Whoa, what an unfortunate homophone. Although, I assume most people won't think of that when they hear xièxiè, given that it's so technical.

[Kenny同志]

Yes, it’s very technical and almost never used in everyday conversations. Even when speaking to a patient, TCM physicians would prefer 拉肚子 or 腹泻 so as to make themselves understood more easily.

[Michaelyus]

I have a feeling that "泄泻" would also be stressed differently, not being a simple reduplication. Of course the pragmatics of the situation would contribute to that difference too!

[Murray]

防弹衣 fángdànyī = bulletproof vest

[tooironic]

易拉寶 yìlābǎo = roll-up display banner

[skylee]

This might be more suitable for the "same thing, different names" thread, but -

"防弹衣 fángdànyī = bulletproof vest" is also called 避彈衣, and

"易拉寶 yìlābǎo = roll-up display banner" is also called 易拉架/易拉網.