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Posted on: I Don't Have the Strength (... 不动）
June 3, 2008 at 11:26 AM卖不动 劝不动 写不动
跑不动 走不动 爬不动
吃不动 啃不动 咬不动
跳不动 笑不动 抬不动
拿不动 搬不动 打不动
推不动 拉不动 抱不动
拧不动 切不动 转不动
滑不动 唱不动 演不动
Posted on: Pageant Final Episode
June 3, 2008 at 8:26 AMHi henning,
You can find a lot of things titled "青春小鸟" on the Internet, such as songs, manga, novels, and so on. Looks like it's a kind of set phrase in China.
我的青春像一只小鸟一样飞走了，就不会再回来！
我的黄昏像一条胖狗一样慢吞吞地走过来了，就不会再走开！
Posted on: SBTG: Confucius
June 3, 2008 at 6:07 AMHi Chinesepod, academic team.
I would appreciate your opinion on the “焉” problem bankangde pointed out above. Actually, I’m not so sure whether “焉” means “啊，哉”, or “于之” as bankangde said. There are three possible answers to this. Thanks.
- 焉 is a 语气词, such as 啊 and 哉.
- 焉 means “于之”.
- Still no accepted interpretation for this.
Posted on: Pageant Final Episode
June 3, 2008 at 5:34 AMHi Jenny,
We learners sometimes need "preparation".....he he.
Posted on: Pageant Final Episode
June 3, 2008 at 3:49 AMHi s0395617,
There are some interesting Chinese words related to overseas study (留学). I think they are really funny and nicely invented!
海归 (hai3 gui1)
persons who came back from overseas (归 = return)
海待 (hai3 dai4)
persons who came back from overseas
and still can’t get a job in China (待 = wait)
Those “play on words” are really excellent, i.e., 海归 (hai3 gui1) is the parody word of “海龟” (hai3 gui1, turtle), and 海待 (hai3 dai4) is of “海带” (hai3 dai4, kelp). 海归 has a longer history than 海待 has.
In the 80s and 90s, there were a lot of opportunities for success for 海归 in China, but it’s not so easy even for them to get a good job these days. You occasionally come across the phrase “海归变成了海待” on the Internet.
Posted on: Pageant Final Episode
June 3, 2008 at 12:24 AMWow, this lesson was uploaded very early this morning!
Posted on: I'm Married
June 3, 2008 at 12:17 AMHi henning,
Thanks a lot for the link. I remember reading a related article before in a Korean news site (日语 edition), which impressed me very much, because the Korean scholar accomplished such a great project despite the fact that Chinese characters are not being commonly used in Korea anymore.
On the other hand, I think that the publishing of the world largest Chinese dictionary (Chinese-Korean) would still have considerable significance for the Korean society since not a few Korean people are learning Mandarin recently, inspired by their close economic relationship with China.
As for the number of listed Chinese characters, 中华字海, the one I mentioned in the above comment, still maintains the first place in the world, but this dictionary only contains 汉字, just like famous 新华字典, but not words and phrases. So pricewise, it isn’t beyond OUR purse. Why don’t you buy one?
Btw, 妻子 (qi1 zi) = a wife,
妻子 (qi1 zi3) = a wife and children (书面语)
Posted on: 众志成城 抗震救灾
June 2, 2008 at 2:22 PM“众志成城”的分析
汉语自古以来就有很丰富的”双声词”和”叠韵词”。
”双声词”由两个声母 (consonant) 相同的汉字构成，如：
”叮当”(ding1 dang1), “仿佛”(fang3 fu2), “伶俐”(ling2 li), “参差”(cen1 ci1), “零落”(ling3 luo4), ”玲珑”(ling2 long2) 等等。有些成语用两个双声词来组合，如 ”玲珑剔透”(ling2 long2 ti1 tou4)。
叠韵词以两个韵母 (vowel) 相同的汉字来构成，如：
“栏杆”(lan2 gan1), “千年”(qian1 nian2), “灿烂”(can4 lan4), “沙发”(sha1 fa1), “苍茫”(cang1 mang2), “螳螂”(tang2 lang2), “肮脏”(ang1 zang1), “埋汰”(mai2 tai4) 等。”孤苦伶仃”(gu1 ku3 ling2 ding1) 这条成语是由两个叠韵词来组合的。
双声和叠韵是汉语传统的一种重要修辞方式，在诗歌文章中适当使用双声词和叠韵词能够有效地增强音乐效果和节奏感。从汉语音韵学的角度来看，更重要的是分析双声叠韵词语非常有助于推测出上古音等古汉字读音。
现在中国最常见的口号”众志成城”也是一个用双声叠韵来创作的词组。其前半部分”众志” (zhong4 zhi4)当然就是双声词，后半部分”成城” (cheng2 cheng2) 这两个汉字不但带有相同的声母和韵母，而且带有同样的声调。
中国人如此自如地运用汉字来创作很精彩的标志口号，我就不禁佩服汉语具有的无穷魅力！
Posted on: 理想女人
June 4, 2008 at 1:53 AMHi sophie,
Gee, I should have come up with "知己" earlier, because there is the same word "知己" (chi-ki) for "soulmate" in Japanese. I've just found that 知己的朋友 and 知己伙伴 are being used on the Internet.
Well done, sophie 同志！