Vocab reinforcement: 折腾

henning
 September 21, 2007, 07:31 AM posted in General Discussion

An expression I hear in about every second conversation is

折腾

which I know from the Advanced lesson on Fengshui:

http://chinesepod.com/learnchinese/%e9%a3%8e%e6%b0%b4/

as "to do something repeatedly"

and from the one on the Golden Week

http://chinesepod.com/learnchinese/%e5%8d%81%e4%b8%80%e6%97%85%e6%b8%b8%e9%ab%98%e5%b3%b0%e6%9c%9f/

as "to cause physical or mental suffering" .

 

The CPod dict translates it with

http://labs.chinesepod.com/?q=node%2F4&search=%E6%8A%98%E8%85%BE

"to roll about"

 

I think this multi-faceted, high frequency expression deserves some more air time...

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aeflow
 September 21, 2007, 02:21 PM

Dictionaries show all three definitions (the last being something like "toss and turn"). The real question is, what are you doing and what's going on, if you're constantly hearing this word. Hmmm.... I hope your marriage isn't in trouble :)

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azerdocmom
 September 21, 2007, 02:53 PM

Henning We want pictures of your holiday in Shanghai : ) Give us all something to look forward to if we ever make it out to CPod central command!

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henning
 September 21, 2007, 11:51 PM

aeflow: it is also used, when someone complains about others who are making an innecessary fuzz and move around all the time. Doc: I don't think I have any special pictures. Or do you mean those with me, my wife, Amber and Jenny :P

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azerdocmom
 September 22, 2007, 12:14 AM

henning yes, that would be lovely!

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henning
 September 22, 2007, 12:32 PM

Doc, just saw that all my pics include either Lantian or my wife and both prefer to stay in the shadows...I will do some cutting first.