How are you?你们好吗
cassielin
February 27, 2008, 03:35 PM posted in General DiscussionHi everyone,
I had backed to school for some days and i missed you guys. Well, i will often come here to see you guys althought this semester will be a little busy.
It is late here and i just want to share something new with you guys before i get to bed.
I think everyone know the expression that "Practice makes perfect". And the chinese version is 熟能生巧shu2 neng2 sheng1 qiao3
The word熟in the expression means 熟练shu2lian4=practiced/skilled/skillful， The word 生here means 产生chan3sheng1=produce. The word 巧means 灵巧ling2qiao3=handy.
This expression set root in my mind. For me, there is no shortcut for learning spoken English just practice. The more you do, the more you gain.
Here comes another new word 捷径jie2jing4=shortcut.
Hope you guys will like it.
Good night!晚安wan3an1
Cassieo(∩_∩)o
rich
March 01, 2008, 11:53 AMyeah, I know dilly-dally too... saw your shilly-shally word in your first post, and though, oh, another British English word for me to learn... but i guess from your last post, it isn't in your vocab either. (I heard the word "bleak" used by a Scottish girl the other day in a simple conversation as if it was a common-every day word... I don't think I've ever used it... it grabbed by ears' attention)
frank
February 28, 2008, 12:19 PMHello again, Cassie! Thanks for stopping in to say hi and drop a little knowledge. Good luck with your studies and come back soon!
HannahIm
February 28, 2008, 01:22 PMThanks for stopping by! I felt sorry that I didn't keep up with emailing you. :) But I really enjoy your posts here. You're great! Keep coming on by.
rich
February 28, 2008, 02:36 PMHi Cassie! Ｇｏｏｄ ｔｏ ｓｅｅ ｙｏｕ ｏｎ ｈｅｒｅ． Ｂｅｅｎ ｗｏｎｄｅｒｉｎｇ ｗｈｅｎ Ｉ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｇｅｔ ｔｏ ｓｅｅ ａ ｐｏｓｔ ｆｒｏｍ ｙｏｕ ａｇａｉｎ ｏｎ ｈｅｒｅ． Ｉ had forgotten how to say 熟能生巧 actually, even though I had learned it years ago, but is kind of hard to remember just looking at it, but your explanation helped. Was a nice birthday present to me, ha ha. -Rich, who is 三四岁了 (3 or 4 years old, I'm young, ha ha)
cassielin
February 29, 2008, 01:51 AM谢谢大家！^_^ Laorui, "If first you don't succeed, try, try again" means一次不成功，那就再接再厉。yici bu chenggong, na jiu zaijiezaili. There is a chinese saying that“失败是成功之母”shibai shi chenggong zhimu=failure is the mother of success. We always use it to encourage those people who failed, including ourselves. Rich, who is 三十四岁却有着一颗年轻的心。 o(∩_∩)o...哈哈
dave
February 28, 2008, 12:02 PMGood luck Casie!
bazza
March 01, 2008, 01:00 AMHere is an expression I discovered whilst browsing my dictionary recently: 鼠首两端 [shŭ shŏu liăng duān] which was defined as 'shilly-shally' (to be indecisive). Literally it's something like rat head two ends.
cassielin
March 01, 2008, 04:22 AMbazza, It's 首鼠两端 You are right, it means shilly-shally. 它表示犹豫不决的意思。 Thank you bazza, i learn a new english expression. 哈哈
bazza
March 01, 2008, 11:25 AMMe too actually, I'd heard of dilly-dally (meaning to dawdle) but not shilly-shally.
bazza
March 01, 2008, 11:32 AMMy dictionary has both 鼠首两端 and 首鼠两端 with the same meaning.
helenaoutloud
February 29, 2008, 03:24 AMWell....it's nice to meet you Cassie. Thank's for the info. I will absolutely find it to come in handy. ^_^ 谢谢你 -Kerou
laorui
February 28, 2008, 11:24 AMcasie, I'm always amazed that expressions in Chinese are mirrored by those in English, or maybe it is the other way around. Is there and equivalent to the expression " If first you don't succeed, try, try again" in Chinese? Good luck with your studies, 晚安 瑞