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Posted on: How to Start a Conversation with Chinese People
May 7, 2019 at 10:59 AMWhen you want to start a conversation with old people ( you know) , you can say:最近身体好吗?(how's your health lately)
When you see someone come to visit you or you meet someone in some party, you can say:什么风把您给吹来了(what brings you here!)
When you want to start a conversation with your dearest by text message, you can say:我想了你(i miss you)
Posted on: Living in two cities 披星戴月──双城生活
May 6, 2019 at 1:33 PM五子登科: is always used for when someone gets married, showing your best wishes to them. it comes from "窦燕山,有义方,教五子,名俱扬"
披星戴月:to go to work before dawn and come back after dark. It always to describe someone is very hardworking.
Posted on: Social credit score for China’s pet owners 文明社会 养犬规则
May 6, 2019 at 12:54 PMNowadays people who like dog and cat call them: 汪星人,喵星
犬马功劳: serve like a dog or a horse.
心切: very eager to do something. eg: 护主心切
乐意:very happy to do something, it equals to 非常愿意。
Posted on: Are we both winners?
May 6, 2019 at 12:02 PM聪明,literally means (you have a) good hearing, and (you have a) good vision. so if you hear well and see well, then you are smart.
听说,literally means listen and speak. when it combine together it means "hear of "
Posted on: Mobile payments in China 移动支付遍布中国
May 5, 2019 at 1:04 PMwhat's the difference between 普及 and 种草。
what's the difference between 花钱如流水 and 银行流水
Posted on: O2O bookstores 书香四溢──实体书店
May 5, 2019 at 12:26 PM别来无恙 literally means I trust you have been well. “恙”(yàng) means "illness , pain"In ancient time China, people live a life when they were hunting and gathering together,living a savage life. In such unsafe environment people are so afraid of a kind of bugs called "yang", which can make people easily become ill or even die.
"倒闭" is the same meaning as "关门" while "关门大吉" is the sarcastic way to say some shop or business is bankrupt. its antonym is "开门大吉" “今时不同往日” literally means today is different from the past days. its antonyms are“今非昔比”(today can't compare with past) and “不可同日而语”(can't be mentioned in the same breath)
"津津有味,津 means saliva, 津津 describe someone is very interested in something. its antonym is "兴致勃勃”/ its synonym is "索然无味”
Posted on: Using 看 (kàn) and 看起来 (kàn qilai)
May 4, 2019 at 5:22 PMYou can also say "看着” "听着” “闻着” 。 they are the same as “看起来,听起来,闻起来”
Thanks for this lesson
Posted on: Phone Numbers 电话号码/電話號碼 in Chinese
May 4, 2019 at 5:11 PMIn mainland China, if you ask for someone's phone number. you always say 请问,你的电话号码是多少?
another oral way to say 7 and 0 in Chinese, you can say "guâi, dòng" eg: 110 is 拐拐洞。
Posted on: I Don't Feel Well 我不舒服
May 3, 2019 at 10:41 PMwhat is the meaning of "脸色” is that mean the color of your face? and does it have something connect with the idiom"察言观色”
"就” means just,then. Sometimes it also uses to highlight something that you want to say. eg: 凶手就是他!(he is the killer! lol)
Posted on: 巴黎圣母院遭受重创;抖音推广香格里拉
May 7, 2019 at 3:36 PM遭受....重创: something is suffering from being damaged.
倒塌:"倒":to fall, "塌":collapse.
塌陷:to fall and to sink. 塌:to fall, 陷:to sink
哥特式:gothic
人文风貌:人文:人的文化,风貌:风采和外貌。so combine them together is the feature of human culture.