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Translation is not an exact science... I don't think "resort" is appropriate; it implies a certain level of luxury that would be absent from most b... Read more
Right, 心胸狭窄 is simply a N + Adj. Read more
Did your friends say on what grounds those are chengyu? You say they can easily be called into question as not being true idioms. So ... ? I'm qu... Read more
Thanks I see what you mean. I suppose I would be inclined to call those something else, if anything at all. "Genuine" confuses me. I agree about th... Read more
不对！ ;) It is possible to walk your turtle! I saw a woman walking her turtles in a park, already a few times (in Western district Hong Kong Island)! ;-... Read more
Wo shi Guangdong yen, cong Guangzou lai de. Wo si si si sui. Jintian de tianqi hen ye. Pick the bones out of that lot! Maybe a lesson in the mo... Read more
absolutely amazing website!! thank you all Read more
xiaohu, changye's last comment was on August 26 here: http://chinesepod.com/community/conversations/post/10158#comment-189788 ...I think his... Read more
@Zhenliang, I asked several of my Chinese friends today, and they all told me that, 心胸狭窄 and its sister, 心胸狭隘 are 成语. I agree that both expressi... Read more
Literally, it's "however feels good, however (you'll) do." Based on the context, you can get from there to the sentence-level English translation. Read more