彭浩轩 Posted January 5, 2011 at 04:04 PM Report Posted January 5, 2011 at 04:04 PM How would one express "breaking a curse" in Chinese? I assume a direct translation to “把诅咒打破” is somewhat nonsensical, because the English phrase is kind of idiomatic. Any ideas? Quote
ma3zi1 Posted January 5, 2011 at 11:34 PM Report Posted January 5, 2011 at 11:34 PM I think what you want to say is: "把壞運氣趕走" 譬如說：“誰會幫我把壞運氣趕走？” 詛咒 is typically a verb, meaning "to curse (someone/something)", similar to 咒罵 in meaning For the noun version of "a curse", I assume you mean something like "a string of bad luck", correct? Quote
aristotle1990 Posted January 6, 2011 at 12:14 AM Report Posted January 6, 2011 at 12:14 AM 打破诅咒 seems fine to me. Baidu returns 49,100 hits. You'd be surprised at how often seemingly idiomatic English expressions work fine in Chinese -- I'm not sure whether this indicates that Chinese has been affected by English or that humans tend to think alike. Quote
ma3zi1 Posted January 6, 2011 at 01:33 AM Report Posted January 6, 2011 at 01:33 AM Oh yeah... seems you are right, I found this as a pretty good example: "终于在今年的世界杯打破诅咒了。" The noun/verb plasticity of Chinese drives me crazy sometimes... Quote
Glenn Posted January 6, 2011 at 01:35 AM Report Posted January 6, 2011 at 01:35 AM Well then I feel better, because I was just thinking earlier about how I get confused sometimes because I think something is a noun when it's a verb and vice-versa. Quote
semantic nuance Posted January 6, 2011 at 02:49 AM Report Posted January 6, 2011 at 02:49 AM Try: 破除魔咒 1 Quote
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