bryce1 Posted January 18, 2011 at 09:10 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 at 09:10 PM 大家好, I am trying to think of an expression in Chinese that I've heard my friends say/talk about. When talking to their baby/child, they would often say the Chinese equivalent of "Don't get too excited" (I don't believe we say anything like this in English), if the baby/child shows too much emotion.. Perhaps it is almost like 'calm down'? I am not sure what the exact meaning is, but it is a similar meaning to what I described. I think the second character's pronunciation is "dian3/4". Does this sound like anything famiilar to anyone? Thanks!/谢谢! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma3zi1 Posted January 18, 2011 at 09:43 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 at 09:43 PM should be: 冷靜一下 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted January 18, 2011 at 10:10 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 at 10:10 PM 閉嘴? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryce1 Posted January 18, 2011 at 10:58 PM Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 at 10:58 PM haha. Definitely not 闭嘴! not 冷静一下 either, because nobody was mad.. can anyone think of any others? Thanks for your replies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted January 18, 2011 at 11:34 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 at 11:34 PM 靜點?別鬧鬧了? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryce1 Posted January 18, 2011 at 11:39 PM Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 at 11:39 PM Ah, yes!! Thank you skylee. It was indeed 静点! (and I now realize that there were two words and not one) It also has the easy translation - "calm down".. I think it is probably better than "don't get too excited"! (although a friend of mine was explaining something similar years ago.. and he translated it to "don't get too excited". Maybe it was a different expression) 谢谢大家 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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