User Comments - Tal
Tal
Posted on: Going on a Picnic
August 5, 2010 at 1:25 AMI'd be willing to bet it's not coincidence mate! Anyway another good one is:
田野 tiányě = open country, farmland and fields.
e.g. 春天来了，田野里充满了生机。
Chūntiān lái le，tiányě lǐ chōngmǎn le shēngjī。
Spring has come and the fields are full of life.
Posted on: Going to the Toy Store
August 2, 2010 at 2:17 AMWestern mothers say that too, despite modern concepts of gender equality. I'd say in China people are generally less concerned about creating the pretense that boys and girls can be treated the same.
Posted on: Going to the Toy Store
August 2, 2010 at 2:10 AM拼图 is an interesting term, but I think we have to be clear it doesn't refer to any kind of puzzle toy (e.g. a Rubik cube) but specifically a 'picture puzzle', like a jigsaw (拼图游戏)?
Posted on: Fans at Andy Lau's Concert
July 30, 2010 at 1:25 PMHa ha, that's the trouble with Chinese though, isn't it? There often just is no 'reasonable translation'! Or at least creating one is an art in itself. However I'd go with something like: 'I'm hanging on a lifeline, living and dying again and again'.
Posted on: Fans at Andy Lau's Concert
July 30, 2010 at 1:34 AMI think you'd have to use 醉 for that. To say someone is drunk (alcohol intoxication) one says 喝醉, so if someone is... err, stoned (marijuana intoxication), perhaps you'd say 吸醉.
e.g.
他说为了忘掉他的痛苦，一定要吸醉。
If there are other street savvy Chinese expressions for this, I'd be curious to hear them.
Posted on: Fans at Andy Lau's Concert
July 29, 2010 at 11:33 PM呵呵，对了。Good thing there's a transcript of the dialogue.
Posted on: Fans at Andy Lau's Concert
July 29, 2010 at 12:42 AM在我年少的时候 身边的人说不可以流泪
Zài wǒ niánshào de shíhou, shēnbiān de rén shuō bù kěyǐ liúlèi
在我成熟了以后 对镜子说我不可以后悔
Zài wǒ chéngshúle yǐhòu, duì jìngzi shuō wǒ bù kěyǐ hòuhuǐ
在一个范围不停的徘徊 心在生命线上不断的轮回
Zài yíge fànwéi bùtíng de páihuái, xīn zài shēngmìngxiàn shàng bùduàn de lúnhuí
人在日日夜夜撑着面具睡 我心力交瘁
Rén zài rìrì-yèyè chēngzhe miànjù shuì, wǒ xīnlìjiāocuì
明明流泪的时候 却忘了眼睛怎样去流泪
Míngmíng liúlèi de shíhou, què wàngle yǎnjing zěnyàng qù liúlèi
明明后悔的时候 却忘了心里怎样去后悔
Míngmíng hòuhuǐ de shíhou, què wàngle xīnli zěnyàng qù hòuhuǐ
无形的压力压得我好累 开始觉得呼吸有一点难为
Wúxíng de yālì yāde wǒ hǎo lèi, kāishǐ juéde hūxī yǒu yīdiǎn nánwéi
开始慢慢卸下防卫 慢慢后悔 慢慢流泪
Kāishǐ mànmàn xièxià fángwèi, mànmàn hòuhuǐ, mànmàn liúlèi
男人哭吧哭吧哭吧 不是罪 再強的人也有权利去疲憊
Nánrén kū ba kū ba kū ba, bù shì zuì, zài qiáng de rén yǒu quánlì qù píbèi
微笑背后若只剩心碎 做人何必惊得那么狼狈
Wēixiào bèihòu ruò zhǐ shèng xīnsuì, zuò rén hébì jīngde nàme lángbèi
男人哭吧哭吧哭吧 不是罪 尝尝阔别已久眼泪的滋味
Nánrén kū ba kū ba kū ba, bù shì zuì, chángchang kuòbié yǐjiǔ yǎnlèi de zīwèi
就算下雨也是一种美 不如好好把握这个机会 痛哭一回
Jiùsuàn xiàyǔ yěshì yī zhǒng měi, bùrú hǎohāo bǎwò zhège jīhuì, tòngkū yīhuí
（不是罪）
（Bù shì zuì）
Posted on: Wang Wei's Diary: The Importance of Brains
July 27, 2010 at 12:51 PM
In fact I don't care for pricking (lol), but our DNA is almost identical anyway right, so I'm happy to call you brother!
Posted on: Wang Wei's Diary: The Importance of Brains
July 27, 2010 at 7:10 AMYou're welcome old sport, moreover I bestow on you the honour and privilege of omitting the underscore from my user name! ;)
Posted on: Going on a Picnic
August 7, 2010 at 5:55 AMActually I too really appreciate Ellie lessons these days and usually always study them, seems like there's always something new to learn. (I didn't know the Chinese for 'picnic' or 'ham' before going through this!) I think it's also really nice to have a study period where you actually know almost everything and that gives you the feeling you're really making progress - lol.
野女友，呵呵。