Facing forward / facing backward

greatkindness
 December 24, 2009, 03:39 PM posted in General Discussion

Does anyone know how to say "facing forward" and "facing backward" in Chinese?

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RJ
 December 24, 2009, 09:10 PM

cháohòu 朝后

cháoqiàn  朝前

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helenshen_counselor
 December 29, 2009, 01:58 AM

对！朝前 cháoqián and 朝后 cháo hòu

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RJ
 December 25, 2009, 12:06 PM

yes cháoqián

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changye
 December 25, 2009, 12:29 PM

Hi guys

What on earth are you doing here on Christmas day? Learning Mandarin?

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hkboy
 December 25, 2009, 12:52 PM

haha..I was going to say the same thing.  I thought I was the only one here "messing around".

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simonpettersson
 December 24, 2009, 11:48 PM

Don't you mean "cháoqián"?

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dunderklumpen
 December 25, 2009, 07:00 PM

Hehe, changye, I had an overdose of social gathering yesterday so now I'm back at my place just relaxing :) Simon is right; -no traditions attached to Christmas Day in Sweden, except for watching Ivanhoe, skijumping from Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the christmas concert of the Wiener philharmonics. All of which have been discontinued in swedish TV. 哭死了！

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changye
 December 26, 2009, 02:27 AM

Hi simon and dunderklumpen

"Chiristmas Eve" is translated as "平安夜" (Silent Night) in Chinese, but in reality it isn't a silent night anymore, hehe. Have good holidays!

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chrka
 December 26, 2009, 06:07 AM

dunderklumpen,

I think you might have been studying Chinese for too long and have begun to forget about our Swedish traditions ;) Ivanhoe and Skijumping is for New Year's Day, of course!!

I can't seem to remember any Christmas concert, but there will be a New Years concert on New Year's Day with the Wiener philharmonics. Oh, and if you happen to live in the southern parts, you can watch the skijump on Danish television...

God fortsättning!

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dunderklumpen
 December 26, 2009, 03:25 PM

Ooh, that hurt! >.<

But I have to cry some anyway because I live in the northern part of Sweden, and my house doesn't have TV3.

God fortsättning :)

 

 

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simonpettersson
 December 25, 2009, 06:26 PM

Changye: I don't really have much to do on Christmas Day. It's a holiday in Sweden, but there aren't really any traditions attached to it. All the actual Christmasy things like presents, big meal with the family and all that jazz was yesterday, on Christmas Eve. Only chumps celebrate on Christmas Day.