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yarajeev
Posted on: The Depth of 深
August 27, 2011 at 11:44 AMMore 深
深入，深层, as in 深层清洁 (I can't believe Jenny and Connie missed this, especially after talking about foundation and skin and all) and of course 深圳 ;-)
Posted on: The Depth of 深
August 27, 2011 at 11:25 AMI found this lesson a little less precise than other Qing Wens. Maybe it's a matter of taste, but would you really say:
我对Connie有很深的了解很
means “I have a deep understanding of Connie"? It's really rare that you put a person at the end of "deep understanding" - you could say you have a deep understanding of Connie's mindset/moods.
Also if you say 功底很深，If you translate it as "foundations are solid" then this does not equal "skilled". For example, I would say that a student who did well at high school has a solid foundation for their University studies, but is not skilled (yet).
Also let's not forget that qiǎn 浅 can be used to express "deep" as in 收获匪浅. :-)
Posted on: 牌坊
August 26, 2011 at 3:08 PM应该是Torii（用汉字：鸟居）吧。
Posted on: The Working Hours Policy
August 26, 2011 at 10:15 AM也可以解释为"从凌晨到下午2：00”吧？
Posted on: The Working Hours Policy
August 26, 2011 at 10:12 AM也许抄错了，可惜我把这张纸已经扔掉了。
Posted on: Translation Tools
August 25, 2011 at 10:41 PM打酱油罢了...
Posted on: Translation Tools
August 25, 2011 at 4:48 PMOffensive? I think I'm buying the Grass Mud Horse T Shirt, 真可爱！
Posted on: Watching a DVD
August 25, 2011 at 11:28 AMSo I am right in the middle of looking at directional complements, and here is what my book says about 下去.
已有的动作、状态继续。
Commonly used verbs in this context: 说、讲、学、读、传、坚持……
Which doesn't answer your question. 跑下来 is used but it means something different:
动作从过去持续到现在。
Example: 听到他太太出事了，他一直从办公室到医院跑下来了。
(That's my example, not the book's, caveat emptor etc.)
Posted on: Talking About the Working Hours Policy
August 25, 2011 at 10:09 AMJenny, that's pretty clear -- thanks a lot! - Rajeev
Posted on: The Depth of 深
August 28, 2011 at 10:14 AMThanks, Jenny! That's exactly what I thought, and if so, skilled is as good a translation as any. However, when I looked at JuKuu I saw this example which seemed to cut both ways.
他的拼字功底极差.
Rajeev