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Posted on: Shaolin Temple
June 21, 2009 at 9:15 AMHere are some words that I have picked out of the discussion - I hope they are correct:
河南 he2 nan2 (N) Henan, central China province
导游 dao3 you2 a tourist guide / to conduct a tour / a guidebook
信息 xin4 xi1 information / news / message
游客 yóu kè traveler / tourist
武功 wǔ gōng Martial art / military achievement (e.g. number of enemy heads cut off)
森林 sēn lín forest / CL: 片
用心 yòng xīn motive / intention / diligently / attentively
修行 xiūxíng practice Buddhism or Taoism
宗教 zong1 jiao4 religion
合二为一 hé’èrwéiyī be made one; merge into a single
并列 bing4 lie4 stand side by side / be juxtaposed
心情 xīn qíng mood / frame of mind / CL: 個｜个
重视 zhòng shì to attach importance to sth / to value
门派 ménpài sect
宗派 zong1 pai4 sect
素质 sù zhì inner quality / basic essence / change over time
种类 zhong3 lei4 kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class
优雅 you1 ya3 grace / graceful
巧妙 qiao3 miao4 ingenious / clever
和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk
道理 dao4 li3 reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification
导游 dǎo yóu a tourist guide / to conduct a tour / a guidebook
开发 kai1 fa1 exploit (a resource) / open up (for development) / to develop
Posted on: Calligraphy
June 21, 2009 at 7:59 AMgadab
My goodness. The hidden secrets of
The Caligraphy Lesson
finally revealed
Posted on: Finally
June 21, 2009 at 6:53 AMThanks for trying to answer my question. However, your answer points out my problem!!
You have ".....because in Chinese structure the object also has to follow immediately after the verb. Therefore, the verb is repeated twice..".
So how can 他买了几十年彩票 be ok? Here the verb is followed by 了几十年, not directly by the object 彩票?
Posted on: SBTG: Special Economic Zones
June 20, 2009 at 9:46 PMAn attempt at picking out Jenny's words:
教室 jiào shì classroom / CL: 間｜间
组织 zǔ zhī to organize / organization / organized system / nerve / tissue / CL: 個｜个
建立 jiàn lì creation / set up / construction / build / establish
建造 jiàn zào construct / build
机构 jī gòu mechanism / structure / organization / agency / institution / CL: 所
抽象 chou1 xiang4 abstract
外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL: 個｜个
友谊 yǒu yì companionship / fellowship / friendship
实在 shi2 zai4 in reality / honestly / really / verily / concrete
实际 shí jì actual / reality / practice
土地 tǔ dì land / territory / soil / local god / Lar / genius loci / CL: 片
亲热 qīn rè affectionate / intimate / warm-hearted
亲切 qīn qiè amiable / friendliness / gracious / hospitality / intimate / cordial / kind / close and dear / familiar
开通 kāi tong to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transport routes etc) / open-minded
废话 fei4 hua4 nonsense / rubbish / superfluous words
惩罚 chéng fá penalty / punishment / to punish
人性 ren2 xing4 human nature / humanity / human / the totality of human attributes
对待 duì dài to treat / treatment
凶 xiōng vicious / fierce / terrible / fearful / violence / murder / criminal / murderer
年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL: 個｜个
阶段 jie1 duan4 stage / section / phase / period
名称 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization)
海洋 hǎi yáng ocean / CL: 個｜个
记性 ji4 xing4 (n) memory capability
羡慕 xian4 mu4 envious / envy / admire
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 7: Choosing a Name for the Baby
June 20, 2009 at 9:13 PMSome of the words used by Jenny - hope they are correct:
怀孕 huái yùn pregnant / to have conceived / gestation / pregnancy
起名字 qǐ míngzi to come up with a name (for a baby)
取名字 qǔ míngzi to come up with a name (for a baby)
年月 nián yuè months and year / time / days of one's life
时辰 shí chen time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
俗气 sú qì tacky / inelegant / in poor taste / vulgar / banal
反问 fǎn wèn to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
过一会儿 guò yī huìr later / after a while
模糊 mó hu vague / indistinct / fuzzy
谐音 xié yīn harmonic (component of sound)
联合国安理会 liánhéguó ānlǐhuì United Nations Security Council
中庸 zhōng yōng doctrine of the mean
平庸 píng yōng mediocre / indifferent / commonplace
搜索 sōu suǒ to search / to look for sth / to scour (search meticulously) / to look sth up / internet search / database search
罕见 hǎn jiàn rare / rarely seen
吉利 jí lì auspicious / lucky /
回忆 huí yì to recall / recollection / CL: 個｜个
土 tǔ rustic, uncultured
高雅 gāo yǎ dainty / elegance / elegant
Posted on: Finally
June 20, 2009 at 4:04 PMChangye
Thanks for your answer but you missed the point of my question.
I was making an analogy with Pete's example in this thread 他开车开得很快 where the verb must be repeated, and the sentence in the lesson which does not repeat the verb 我买了几十年彩票.
It appears that you cannot say 他开了得很快汽车. But you can say 我买了几十年彩票 and there presumably can say 他开了几十小时汽车 or can you? - It doesn't quite sound right to me。
So was wondering whether you can say 我买了彩票买了几十年了...
Posted on: Finally
June 20, 2009 at 8:01 AMPete
I am confused about this sentence:
我买了几十年彩票，终于中奖了。
Wǒ mǎi le jǐshí nián cǎipiào, zhōngyú zhòngjiǎng le.
Can you say
我买了彩票买了几十年了，。。。?
I am probably mixing up structures
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 7: Choosing a Name for the Baby
June 19, 2009 at 6:12 PMpetercook1
Yes they are the same
Posted on: Finally
June 21, 2009 at 2:24 PMpaulinurus
I didn't realise that 几十年彩票 was 'an object phrase'. I apparently rather naively thought wrongly that 彩票 was the object, and that 几十年 was some sort of adverbial phrase of time.
How do I recognise an object phrase when I see one?