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lydia1981
Posted on: 恶意取款
February 8, 2008 at 10:22 PMJenny and Connie used a lot of new words in their banter! (at least they were new to me..) 富贵 [fu4gui4] - riches and honour; wealth and rank 引起 [yin3qi3] - give rise to; lead to; cause 恶语中伤 [e4yu3zhong1shang1] - viciously slander 中伤 [zhong4shang1] - slander; malign 诽谤 [fei3bang4] - slander; libel 判刑 [pan4xing2] - sentence (to prison, etc.); condemn 一审 [yi1shen3] - [legal] first instance 指责 [zhi3ze2] - censure; criticize 控告 [kong4gao4] - charge; accuse 公诉 [gong1su4] - [legal] pubic prosecution 来路 [lai2lu0] - origin; atecedents 款项 [kuan3xiang4] - funds; a sum of money 不法所得 [bu4fa3suo3de2] - unlawfully 原先 [yuan2xian1] - original; former 空空如也 [kong1kong1ru2ye3] - absolutely empty 大手大脚 [da4shou3da4jiao3] - wasteful; extravagant 挥霍青春 [hui1huo4qing1chun1] - waste your youth 金钱 [jin1qian2] - money 妥当 [tuo3dang4] - appropriate; proper 谴责 [qian3ze2] - condemn; denounce 天下大乱 杀鸡儆猴 [sha1ji1jing3hou2] - "kill the chicken to frighten the monkey", warn by example 粗暴 [cu1bao4] - rude; rough; brutal 点击 [dian3ji1] - click (web link) 音频 [yin1pin2] - audio frequency 播报 [bo4bao4] - announce; read (the news)
Posted on: 南海一号
January 27, 2008 at 8:08 PMsoulman, i hope this helps a little (some words from the banter between jenny and connie): 商船 [shang1chuan2] - merchant ship 沉默 [chen2mo4] - sink 轰动 [hong1dong4] - cause a sensation; make a stir 点击 [dian3ji1] - click [web link] 安然无恙 [an1ran2wu2yang4] 病痛 [bing4tong4] - slight illness; indisposition 淤泥 [yu1ni2] - silt; sludge 斑点 [ban1dian3] - spot; stain; speckle 尘土 [chen2tu3] - dust 模拟 [mo2ni3] - imitate; simulate 雄厚 [xiong2hou4] - rich; solid; abundant 盗墓 [dao4mu4] - rob a tomb (or grave)
Posted on: 南海一号
January 27, 2008 at 7:22 PMsome words in the text that were new to me: 警惕 [jing3ti4] - be on guard against; watch out for 打捞 [da3lao1] - get out of the water; salvage 艘 [sou1] - [measure word for boats or ships] 遗迹 [yi2ji1] - historical remains; traces 丝绸之路 [si1chou2zhi1lu4] - the Silk Road 记载 [ji4zai3] - put down in writing; record 复原 [fu4yuan2] - restore 辉煌 [hui1huang2] - brilliant; splendid; glorious 地中海 [di4zhong1hai3] - the Mediterranean [Sea] 加勒比海 [jia1le4bi3hai3] - the Caribbean Sea 震撼 [zhen4han4] - shake; shock 瓷器 [ci2qi4] - porcelain; chinaware 贪婪 [tan1lan2] - greedy
Posted on: Evading Nosy Questions
January 24, 2008 at 6:05 PM我自己也很爱管闲事。 有一次我看了朋友的日记，现在想起来我还羞耻。。。
Posted on: 取消五一黄金周
January 13, 2008 at 4:56 PM这篇课文比较容易，所以生词当然也少： 巧妙 [qiao3miao4] - ingenious; clever 诙谐 [hui1xie2] - comicality; humour; jestful 赞成 [zan4cheng2] - approve of; agree with 伸开 [shen1kai1] - to stretch out 淘汰 [tao2tai4] - eliminate through selection or competition; die out; fall into disuse 名堂 [ming2tang] - variety; item; result 矿石 [kuang4shi2] - ore 轻率 [qing1shuai4] - rash; hasty 盛况 [sheng4kuang4] - grand occasion; spectacular event 荷兰虽然很小，但是还有分散的假期。 为了避免人满为患，荷兰的北部，中部和南部都在不同的日子开始放假
Posted on: 被逼的
January 12, 2008 at 11:55 AMthanks for the corrections Changye! I was hoping someone would know the meaning of langlangshangkou and mopagunda, and then you came :-)
Posted on: 被逼的
January 11, 2008 at 8:26 PManother word list: (Jenny & Conny use these words in their banter) 草根 [cao3gen1] - grass root industry 阶级 [jie1ji2] - (social) class 琅琅上口 [lang2lang2shang4kou3] - 押韵 [ya2yun4] - rhyme 视频 [shi4pin2] - video (frequency) 编排 [bian1pai2] - lay out; arrange 煞费苦心 [sha4fei4ku3xin1] - cudgel one's brains; take great pains 白马王子 [bai2ma3wang2zi] - Prince Charming 摸爬滚打 [mo1pa2gun3da3] - 迷惘 [mi2wang3] - be at a loss, be perplexed 优良 [you1liang2] - fine; good 先天 [xian1tian1] - congenital; inborn; (philosophy) a priori; innate 粗俗 [cu1su2] - vulgar; coarse 挑衅 [tiao3xin4] - provoke 调侃 [diao4kan3] - ridicule sb.; mock up sb. 旋律 [xuan2lv4] - melody 重生 [chong2sheng1] - renascence 化解 [hua4jie3] - solve; resolve 构思 [gou4si1] - [of writers or articles] work out the plot of a literary work 乐事 [le4shi4] - pleasure; delight 相应 [xiang1ying4] - corresponding; relevant 改动 [gai3dong4] - change; alter 缩短 [suo1duan3] - shorten
Posted on: 丈夫拒绝签字手术
January 10, 2008 at 5:02 PMhi Changye, you're welcome :-) actually, i'm also helping myself this way, because everytime i come back at this lesson i can have a look at these words! it's actually a new year resolution of me to study all the media lessons, so more wordlists will follow.. even though Japanese and Chinese have some similar words, they don't belong to the same language family, do they? at least that's what i've learned
Posted on: 丈夫拒绝签字手术
January 9, 2008 at 9:10 PMsome words i learned from the banter between Jenny and Conny, maybe useful for other Poddies as well: 事件[shi4jian4]incident;event 诧异 [cha4yi4] - be surprised; be astonished 试图 [shi4tu2] - attempt; try 顾虑 [gu4lv4] - worry 现象 [xian4xiang4] - phenomenon 震撼 [zhen4han4] - shock, shake 行动 [xing2dong4] move; act; take action 相持 [xiang1chi2] - be locked in a stalemate 局面 [ju2mian4] - aspect; phase; situation 进展 [jin4zhan3] - make progress; make headway 理睬 [li3cai3] - pay attention to; show interest in 刁难 [diao1nan4] - create difficulties, make things difficult 阻挠 [zu3nao2] - obstruct; thwart 拯救 [zheng3jiu4] - save; rescue; deliver 垂危 [chui2wei1] - critically ill; at one's last gasp 职务[zhi2wu4] - duties; job 义不容辞 [yi4bu4rong2ci2] - be duty-bound; have an unshakeable duty 职责 [zhi2ze2] - duty; obligation; responsibility 悲哀 [bei1ai1] - grieved; sorrowful 震动 [zhen4dong4] - shake; shock 争吵 [zheng1chao3] - quarrel 鉴定 [jian4ding4] - appraisal [of a person's strong and weak points] 凄惨 [qi1can3] - wretched; miserable 高昂高昂 [gao1ang2] - expensive 愚昧 [yu2mei4] - ignorant 打劫 [da3jie2] - rob; plunder 围攻 [wei2gong1] - besiege; pin down 透彻 [tou4che/qie4] - thorough; penetrating
Posted on: 恶意取款
February 8, 2008 at 10:47 PMhi Connie, is 按摩女 a good euphemism to use for 'prostitute'? I do voluntary work for an organisation (a kind of union) for prostitutes, and they want to write a small leaflet for girls working in 'massage salons'. we expect a lot of them are actually sex workers, but don't want to be too direct about it, as that might scare them away.. in other words, is 按摩女 an appropriate word to use in an informative leaflet about this organisation?