Make a wish.
cassielin
February 18, 2008, 01:22 AM posted in General DiscussionGood morning guys, how's your weekend?
This is the last week i stay at home and i will back to school after it! Hope we can keep learning from each other this week.
Here are some more new words and sentences.
许愿xu3yuan4=make a wish
愿望yuan4wang4=wish noun. 祝愿zhu4yuan4=wish / hope verb.
生日愿望sheng1ri4 yuan4wang4=birthday wish
新年愿望xin1nian2 yuan4wang4=new year wish
当你看到流星的时候，别忘了许愿。dang1ni3 kan4dao4 liu2xing1 de1 shi2hou4, bie2 wang4le xu3yuan4.
Don't forget to make a wish when you see the meteor.
我的生日愿望是个秘密。wo3 de sheng1ri4 yuan4wang4 shi4 ge4 mi4mi4.
My birthday wish is a secret.
你的新年愿望是什么？ni3 de xin1nian2 yuan4wang4 shi4 shen2me?
What's your new year's wish?
By the way, my new year's wish is that i can pass the TEM8 and find a job in this April. How about you? what's your new year's wish?
cassielin
February 18, 2008, 04:33 AMHi obitoddkenobi I learn more from Chinesepod and you guys during this period. And i think i will try to sign in Chinesepod and see you guys when i have spare time after class. I will miss everyone here. Thanks obitoddkenobi, i know both "shooting star" and "falling star" mean 流星now. I think wishing on shooting stars native to China partly because of a worldwide phenomenon and partly because of relatively recent. TEM8 is Test for English Major 8.
wei1xiao4
February 18, 2008, 02:02 PMI wish you didn't have to go. I think you are really special and I appreciate your posts. Good luck with school. C-pod won't be the same without you!
bazza
February 18, 2008, 02:05 PMHow would say "I wish I was.... "?
cassielin
February 18, 2008, 03:18 PMwei1xiao4 Thank you for your sweet wish. 我祝愿大家在新的一年里学习进步，工作顺利，家庭幸福！wo3 zhu4yuan4 da4jia1 zai4 xin1de yi1nian2 li3 xue2xi2 jin4bu4, gong1zuo4 shun4li4, jia1ting2 xing4fu2! I wish you guys can make progress in your studies, all the best in your works and happiness with your families in the new year. Bazza, here comes the example: 我希望我是超人。wo3 xi1wang4 wo3 shi4 chao1ren2. I wish i was superman. By the way, the word "wish" here means希望xi1wang4
RonInDC
February 18, 2008, 03:25 PMHi Cassie! Well, I'm a rat, but I'm not sure what exactly that means! Connie says a rat shouldn't get married this year. No problem, there. And someone told me at work that I should wear red underwear. Not sure about that one, though. Anything else?
cassielin
February 18, 2008, 04:00 PMHi RonlnDC well, this year is your本命年(ben3ming4nian2=one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches) since you were born in the year of rat. And there is a saying that people who is in 本命年 should better not get married this year, but it just a saying and depend on yourself. As for red underwear or red girdle, people say they will bring you good luck this year. By the way, i bet you must know the red color means happiness in China and that is why it should be red underwear or red girdle. Hope it can help ! Cassie
rich
February 18, 2008, 06:38 PMstock up on red underwear boy!!! you better have a bunch so you're not so stinky! And remember, don't wash them with your tidy-whities (which you shouldn't be wearing anyway) and t-shirts... or thou shall be a pink rat this year. That is my advice & horiscope for you. Can pay the man up front.
obitoddkenobi
February 18, 2008, 02:03 AMHi Casie, Thanks for your enthusiastic participation on ChinesePod, Will you still have time to be on ChinesePod when you get back to school I hope? Meteor gets changed to shooting star when we talk about wishes in the US, I don't know about other places. Is wishing on meteor/shooting stars native to China, part of a worldwide phenomenon or relatively recent? What is TEM8?