Mugi Posted May 26, 2006 at 03:44 AM Report Posted May 26, 2006 at 03:44 AM Any suggestions for how to say "That'll put hair on your chest" in colloquial Chinese? Quote
sarahkuang Posted May 26, 2006 at 07:00 AM Report Posted May 26, 2006 at 07:00 AM 那会令你勇猛！（生猛 in Cantonese）! Quote
andrewfz Posted May 26, 2006 at 08:20 AM Report Posted May 26, 2006 at 08:20 AM Try this... 那一定会给你胸腔毛 ！ (na yi ding hui gei ni xiong qiang mau) Quote
Mugi Posted May 30, 2006 at 05:55 AM Author Report Posted May 30, 2006 at 05:55 AM Thanks sarahkuang and andrewfz. (那一定会给你胸腔毛 looks suspiciously like a direct translation from English - I was really after a proper Chinese phrase) It has occurred to me that the English can mean slightly different things in different situations. Quote
HashiriKata Posted May 30, 2006 at 06:41 AM Report Posted May 30, 2006 at 06:41 AM (那一定会给你胸腔毛 looks suspiciously like a direct translation from English - I was really after a proper Chinese phrase) Yes, I think the direct translation takes the humor out of the origninal idiom. Quote
studentyoung Posted May 30, 2006 at 07:38 AM Report Posted May 30, 2006 at 07:38 AM Any suggestions for how to say "That'll put hair on your chest" in colloquial Chinese? That’ll put hair on your chest 就是中文里“壮胆”，“压惊”的意思。 For example, if you say, “Hey, take some wine, that’ll put hair on your chest.” In Chinese, that is 来，喝点酒，壮壮胆（压压惊）。 Thanks! Quote
Mugi Posted May 31, 2006 at 02:30 AM Author Report Posted May 31, 2006 at 02:30 AM Thanks studentyoung, that is exactly one of the situations I was thinking about! Quote
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