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Posted on: 扎着麻花辫的女孩二
November 12, 2009 at 6:25 AM

Hi JasonSch

Many thanks for your detailed explanation. Actually, it's sometimes rather difficult to find an exact counterpart saying in other language.

I've just found a good English counterpart for “不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门”. What do you think abou this?

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

As for "what goes around comes around", I think its best Chinese equivalent should be “善有善报，恶有恶报” or “因果报应”, although they are too "Buddhist", hehe.

Posted on: 扎着麻花辫的女孩二
November 12, 2009 at 6:10 AM

Hi pchenery

Thanks a lot for the English saying. I remember my mother sometimes said a similar thing to me when I was a child, which was something like "Don't do unto others what you don't want done to you."

Posted on: Jet Lag
November 12, 2009 at 4:05 AM

How about "时差症预防对策"？

Posted on: 扎着麻花辫的女孩二
November 12, 2009 at 3:11 AM

In the vocab section, the Chinese saying "不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门" is translated as "what goes around comes around", but I don't think the English saying has the same connotation as the Chinese one. Is there a more appropriate counterpart in English (or better English translation)?

Posted on: The Monkey King
November 11, 2009 at 2:02 PM

中国有国产动画片《西游记》，但我没看过，不知道好玩不。

http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_1854365.html

Posted on: 扎着麻花辫的女孩二
November 11, 2009 at 1:40 PM

Hi davidxuzhou

仔细想想，扎着麻花辫的那个可怜的女孩就很像《午夜凶铃》中的女鬼“贞子”，你觉得怎么样？

Hi lily老师

《犬夜叉》这个作品我当然知道。我这个人从小就特喜欢看漫画和动画片，到了这个岁数还是爱看日本动漫，好像已经没救了，哈哈。

Posted on: “80后”的消费心理
November 11, 2009 at 1:31 PM

听说，在中国大城市很多人已经放弃买房的梦想。因为房子太贵买不起，年轻夫妻只好租房子住，老人回自己的老乡买小房子。

Posted on: 扎着麻花辫的女孩二
November 11, 2009 at 5:38 AM

今天这个鬼故事使我联想到一个脸上没有眼睛，鼻子，嘴巴的日本传统妖怪叫"のっぺらぼう(noppera-bou)"。在日本，如果你夜里在路上发现一个女人背对着你哭，千万不要打个招呼。她可能是个"のっぺらぼう"。

http://hukumusume.com/douwa/pc/minwa/terakoya/34.htm

Posted on: Thank You Note
November 11, 2009 at 3:28 AM

Hi bodawei

I know a lot of Western guys are interested in Chinese characters now, but I guess the problem is that most of them don't have much experience of appreciating (or seeing/watching) Chinese characters, just like John said above. Actually, appreciating Chinese/Japanese calligprahy is not so easy even for us native speakers. That said, after all, it's a matter of personal taste, though.