水肺潜水 shuǐfèi qiánshuǐ
calkins
January 16, 2009, 10:03 AM posted in General Discussion
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shuǐfèi qiánshuǐ
T : 水肺潛水
S : 水肺潜水
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bababardwan
January 16, 2009, 10:21 AMInteresting photo.
The breakdown is also interesting:
shui ..water
fei ...lung
shui fei ...is thus the translation of scuba [interesting that it is not the exact equivalent of self contained underwater breathing apparatus]
qian...dive [can also mean hidden...which you are from the surface]
shui..once again water
我很喜欢水肺潜水
From memory,there was supposedly good diving to be had around Kenting,but I never got the chance when I was there,and it is of course at the opposite end of the island to where you are Calkins.
calkins
January 16, 2009, 10:37 AMI also liked the breakdown of SCUBA diving...very symmetrical with 水 acting as bookends.
I also like 水肺...aqualung. It's the name of a pretty decent British musician.
bababardwan
January 16, 2009, 10:52 AM...ah,of course; aqualung was the original name of scuba diving equipment that Jacques Cousteau used.Still a major brand too.
changye
January 17, 2009, 01:52 AMHi calkins,
Let me try to (freely) translate the first English sentence into Chinese.
星期四，青岛海底世界的潜水表演者们提前祝全中国人民春节快乐，幸福安康。
calkins
January 17, 2009, 05:03 AMThanks changye. Wow, that proves that I need some serious help with grammar!
I had never seen this construction before:
表演者们 (performers)
Interesting.
microsofttcl
January 17, 2009, 10:14 AM水肺潜水者从青岛海底世界在中国青岛，星期四表演了，为未来的中国新年祝愿了人们福。
RE：青岛海底世界位于中国的青岛，潜水者们在星期四进行了潜水表演，对新年表示了最美好的祝愿！
calkins
January 16, 2009, 10:04 AMI think I have some major grammatical errors in the first example sentence. Any help would be appreciated!