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Posted on: Turbulence
December 9, 2007 at 12:14 PMHi aert, Ironically enough, I have been a sci-fi fan and yearned for outer space since I was a child despite my abhorrence of flying on a plane. I am dying to get onboard USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), but NOT Boeing 787, let alone Tupolev, Ilyushin, and Antonov. Hi auntie68, Confucianism puts great importance on ancestor worship. Losing your young children means that your family will have no direct descendant to visit family graves, which is deemed significant disrespect to ancestors. I don’t think there is big difference in the depth of grief when parents lose their children, but in China you might be able to find a little different (or Confucian) aspect of the meaning of losing children. Just a guess. By the way, in Japan people often use the phrase “as silent as a funeral”, but on the contrary, you can see a lot of people crying loud at funeral services in China. The louder you cry, the more respectful toward a person who died. Surprisingly, “crying” is just a kind of business in modern China. So called “professional criers” are sometimes hired by the host of a funeral to impress attendants. I don’t know whether or not their ancestors notice that. Hi boboyoru, 我很高兴你小伙子终于回来了。 看起来你家小狗狗也是老样子。 跟你完全相反我特别喜欢飞机 着陆接触地面瞬间的那个感觉。
Posted on: Hold the MSG
December 9, 2007 at 7:03 AMThings tend to be a little extreme in China. Needless to say, too much MSG has been “traditionally” used in Chinese cuisine. Let me give you another example. Japanese horseradish paste (wasabi) sold in China is unbelievably hot compared to those in Japan. It is the same for mustard. What is worse is that local people do not hesitate to use exceed-the-critical-mass wasabi when they eat sashimi or sushi. From my own limited experience, I must say that is just suicidal. Too much is as bad as too little, and using nothing is often much better than too much.
Posted on: Hold the MSG
December 9, 2007 at 4:48 AMMore words for eager learners. “受” is a little similar to “授”, but they have opposite meanings, “receive” and “grant”. 受精 (shou4 jing1) fertilization 授精 (shou4 jing1) insemination
Posted on: Hold the MSG
December 9, 2007 at 4:27 AMMSG was discovered in 1908 by Kikunae Ikeda, a Japanese chemistry professor at Tokyo University. The substance was initially extracted from a kind of kelp. I do not know if the discovery was good or bad………… 鸡精 (ji1 jing1) chicken consommé granule 酒精 (jiu3 jing1) alcohol 糖精 (tang2 jing1) saccharin 香精 (xiang1 jing1) fragrance 茶精 (cha2 jing1) catechin
Posted on: Turbulence
December 8, 2007 at 4:20 AM今天对话太精彩我忍不住笑起来但 我却没有资格嘲笑那位胆怯的先生。 我也是个超级讨厌害怕坐飞机的人。 在国内我总尽可能地不坐飞机出行， 可我回国的时候还是不得不买机票。 每次起飞之前我尽量喝酒鼓励自己。 现在不让带液体上飞机我该怎么办? 我今年六月勉勉强强坐飞机回日本， 那时候我要坐的飞机晚点一个小时。 航空公司一点也不解释延误的原因， 因此有些乘客和公司职员开始吵架。 然后我们居然发现好几个技术人员 围着那架飞机的前轮在商量什么呢。 当时那情景差点把我吓得取消机票!
Posted on: 中国八大菜系
December 7, 2007 at 7:13 AMHi henning, 听起来你真是个幸福的家伙啊， 我现在才知道我为什么这么瘦。 我劝你夫人多看选美比赛因为 她会为你变得更讲究化妆技巧。 我小狗的体重正证明他很幸福。
Posted on: Key Card
December 7, 2007 at 6:01 AMHi goulniky, I’m afraid your translation might need some modifications. I’ve found the followings in a textbook. 我把钥匙忘在(wang4 zai4)房间里了。 我把钥匙落在(la1 zai4)房间里了。
Posted on: 中国八大菜系
December 7, 2007 at 5:57 AM我不太喜欢看所谓美食电视节目。 边吃朴素的家常菜边看别人享受 美食名菜就像一种受虐狂者似的。 我住的小城餐厅的菜谱很不丰富， 既吃不起又吃不到的菜和我无关。 最重要是今天怎样解决吃饭问题。 我以同样理由尽可能不看选美赛。 边看自己老婆边看很漂亮的姑娘 简直是让我产生倒霉吃亏的感觉。 世界上大多数男人娶不了美女啊!
Posted on: Key Card
December 6, 2007 at 2:41 AMMy boss is always dangling more than 20 keys from his belt. And his large wallet is full of cards. 提款卡 (ti2 kuan3 ka3) ATM card 信用卡 (xin4 yong4 ka3) credit card 电话卡 (dian4 hua4 ka3) telephone card 会员卡 (hui4 yuan2 ka3) membership card
Posted on: Using ChinesePod
December 10, 2007 at 7:06 AMIn Japan, it is said that a building company generally begins to decline after the construction of its own new office building. I feel hesitated to 上传 (chuan2) /上载 (zai4) this poorly tasted joke. I always thank Chinesepod!