verbal Posted April 13, 2010 at 05:09 PM Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 at 05:09 PM does anybody know what that mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creamyhorror Posted April 14, 2010 at 08:36 AM Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 at 08:36 AM 名士 [mínɡshì] 1. 1. noun A person with a literary reputation but no official post. (basically, a scholar without an official post, in historical China) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonklin Posted April 15, 2010 at 01:22 PM Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 at 01:22 PM Can anyone tell me what this means: 时间不等人 Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivercao Posted April 15, 2010 at 01:48 PM Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 at 01:48 PM 时间不等人。 Time waits for no man. It's a very common idiom in Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outofin Posted April 15, 2010 at 01:55 PM Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 at 01:55 PM 时间不等人 No time to waste. Hurry up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shi Tong Posted April 16, 2010 at 01:47 PM Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 at 01:47 PM rivercao is right, I'm sure this is supposed to be a translation of the English saying "Time waits for no man/ (person in this case in the Chinese), but I've not heard it before in Chinese as 时间不等人. It's a bit like the translation of 一石两鸟- one stone two birds, or in English (two birds with one stone), it's originally English and translated into Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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