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Posted on: Measure Words for Animals
November 6, 2011 at 11:02 PMAnother note: A mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse ... generally larger than a donkey.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Mule
Please excuse me while I go feed my pet bear.
Posted on: A Bad Temper
September 30, 2011 at 10:57 PMThis gǒu gǎibuliǎo chīshǐ metaphor doesn't exactly paint a very pretty picture in the mind's eye, but I don't think it's any worse than the one from Proverbs about the dog that returns to its vomit. I found a few Chinese translations Here (scroll to 26:11). On the other hand, I've heard that fortune favors fools ... so maybe the dogs know something we don't.
Posted on: A Bad Temper
September 26, 2011 at 10:11 PMThe CD quality .mp3 sounds fine to me. The background noise fades to a comfortable level as the conversation begins.
Posted on: Field Trip to the Zoo
September 2, 2011 at 11:13 PMFor what it's worth, I'd say you've got it right, "his swearing caused someone to give (him) a beating." The Chinese names the agent, 人, (who acted upon the subject by giving said subject the beating) while the English translation doesn't. "He was given a beating by someone for swearing," which obviously doesn't sound right in English. :-/
Posted on: Too Young to be Dating
August 14, 2011 at 10:45 PMTime to pop over to YouTube and listen to that Huey Lewis song Hip To Be Square.
Posted on: I'm gonna be Late
July 13, 2011 at 11:15 PM"ganna"? I dunno ...
Posted on: A Tearful Farewell and Warm Welcome
June 27, 2011 at 11:15 PMMan, I take one stinkin' weekend off and this happens! Aw nuts! Now I'm depressed ... Seriously Jason, you've got a lot to be proud of. Being a good translator is tough, and you're a great one. All the best!
Posted on: Leisure-time Activities and Mahjong
June 21, 2011 at 11:24 PMThanks RJ, They must have been playing the American/Jewish version on Seinfeld, then. I think I remember some of the terms from the web site you linked to being used (i.e. Craks, Bams).
A couple thoughts given your Mahjong practice partners predicament. I see that there are some video game versions of Mahjong (besides the solitaire versions romanoaj31 and Jason discussed below). Unfortunately, they seem to be in Japanese, but maybe there's an English version.
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNcSn2tXuNI
My other idea ... Have you considered getting a Lazy Susan? Save having to get up and change seats all the time. ;-)
Posted on: Leisure-time Activities and Mahjong
June 21, 2011 at 1:12 AMOn the subject of westerners playing the game, there's a scene in one Seinfeld episode were George's mother is playing Mahjong with her friends; also, when some friends of mine bought a house, they found a Mahjong set in the attic. We couldn't figure out what to do with it though. :-/
Posted on: Shopping for the Wife
November 16, 2011 at 11:09 PM哈哈， 我就明白了！