Joke for the Day - 他赢了 He Won
helenshen_counselor
June 22, 2009 at 07:06 AM posted in General Discussion他赢了 tā yíng le
汤姆：你弟弟好吗？tāng mǔ：nǐ dìdi hǎo ma？
约翰尼：他害病卧床了。他受伤了。yuē hàn ní：tā hàibìng wòchuáng le. Tā shòushāng le .
汤姆：真糟糕，咋回事儿啊？tāng mǔ：zhēn zāogāo，zǎhuíshì r a？
约翰尼：我们做游戏，看谁能把身子探出窗外最远，他赢了。yuē hàn ní：wǒmen zuò yóuxì，kàn shuínéng bǎ shēnzi tànchū chuāngwài zuìyuǎn，tā yíng le.
他贏了 tā yíng le
湯姆：你弟弟好嗎？tāng mǔ：nǐ dìdi hǎo ma？
約翰尼：他害病臥床了。他受傷了。yuē hàn ní：tā hàibìng wòchuáng le. Tā shòushāng le .
湯姆：真糟糕，咋回事兒啊？tāng mǔ：zhēn zāogāo，zǎhuíshì r a？
約翰尼：我們做遊戲，看誰能把身子探出窗外最遠，他贏了。yuē hàn ní：wǒmen zuò yóuxì，kàn shuínéng bǎ shēnzi tànchū chuāngwài zuìyuǎn，tā yíng le.
赢/yíng/to win, 受傷/shòushāng/to get hurt, 游戏/yóuxì/game, 探出/tànchū/to reach out
helenshen_counselor
June 23, 2009 at 07:27 AM
The original translation goes like this:" We played who could lean furthest out of the window, and he won." But I think this version is better, "hang furthest out the window".
RJ
June 23, 2009 at 02:16 AM
I would also say its who could hang furthest out the window as opposed to longer. Evidently he was so far out he fell. I think.
pchenery
June 23, 2009 at 01:59 AM
yep, misterjess..almost perfect..
except for the second sentence..should be something like..
"He's in bed, he hurt himself really badly"
if you say he is "sick"...it doesn't convey the same meaning...and doesn't quite flow with the joke
Jess_Andersen
June 23, 2009 at 01:55 AM
OK, Let's see if'n I got this right.
Tom: How's your little brother
John: He's in the bed, He's sick.
Tom: Too bad, what happened?
John: We had a contest to see who could hang out the window longer, He won.
helenshen_counselor
June 23, 2009 at 01:47 AM
@tanshuqi, you're right! It should be 怎么 zěn me. Oh, I should have checked that!
tanshuqi
June 22, 2009 at 11:17 AM
zǎ huí shì'èr à? 咋回事儿啊?
it's not putonghua.
northerner will say that this way,but southerner will not.
the zǎ must be zěn me(怎么).
helenshen_counselor
June 22, 2009 at 08:17 AM
@coljac, 我觉得打游戏也很安全。
@kimiik, I think that's “吐口水大赛” tǔ kǒushuǐ dàsài I played that game several years ago! And luckily I was always the loser and nothing happened to me.
kimiik
June 22, 2009 at 07:55 AM
During a "spitting contest" last year in Grenoble, the winner fell from the window an apartment. (the article)
It was called the most stupid accident of the year.
How can I say "spitting contest" ? 啐最远的竞赛 ?
changye
June 23, 2009 at 07:33 AMThat's a kind of "chicken race", hehe.