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Re:What does
Simon, ÄãºÃ£¡
The expression, "Over-the-hill" means "too old" That's kind of subjective, but it usually means too old to be able to have any fun or so old that you're on your way towards dying. In the American culture, we tend to think of people as being "over the hill" at 40 years old. It's really a very nasty expression.
An "over-the-hill loser," of course, is a double-insult. This describes a person who never accomplished anything, and is now too old to hope to accomplish anything in the future.
You may find this kind of talk very strange, as I¡¯ve always understood your culture to have a respect for older people that doesn¡¯t exist in my culture. It¡¯s very sad.
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Mark S.
August 14, 2006
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Re:Re:Re:Re:I really despair of this website!Ì«ÈÃÈËÊ¡¨¬ÍûÁË£¡£¡£? size=
I don't know. I was pretty certain that I'd posted it, but now I don't see it either, and I can't find my copy. I sent an e-mail to Danny Y to see if it had gotten lost in the system, and I'll make a more exhaustive effort to post it again soon. If worse comes to worse, I'll just rewrite it for you from scratch and post it again. ¶Ô²»Æð£¡
Mark
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Mark S.
August 9, 2006
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Re:Re:Re:I really despair of this website!Ì«ÈÃÈËÊ¡ìÍûÁË£¡£¡£? size=
hi~Mark
I haven't find "your other post in "making friends""~~:)
where is it?~
About this website,it provide space and a forum for sharing information and experience.
this website is helpful for my learning.
But the messages can't be show at once until many hours after.It's disgusting.
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falcon
August 9, 2006
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Re:Re:I really despair of this website!Ì«ÈÃÈËÊ¡ìÍûÁË£¡£¡£¡
(Maybe Hillary Full may also be interested in these comments and my other post for Falcon in "making friends")
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I am so sorry you have been disappointed with the site . But I have really appreciated having you around. You have been very helpful teaching me about expressions.
I don't like to cross-post, putting messages in a different area from the topic in the message, so I hope you will humor me and look in the board for "making friends" to read the rest of what I have to say.
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Mark S.
August 8, 2006
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Mark S.
August 8, 2006
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falcon
August 6, 2006
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falcon
August 6, 2006
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How do you say, "Cheers!" in Chinese?
Do you have an expression for drinking? Like in the west, we clink our glasses and say, "Cheers,", or in German it's Zum Wohl, or Prost, in Hebrew, L'Chaim, to life. Do you have an expression like this in Chinese?
Thanks!
Mark
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Mark S.
August 5, 2006
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Re:Patience?
Hillary?
I think maybe you mean that you will keep your patience until "we piss you off"
If we "piss you out", that sounds like some kind of Isaac Asimov "Fantastic Voyage" story with a new ending, where you come out of the guy's body into the toilet instead of the original ending where you come out of a tear from the eye.
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Mark S.
August 5, 2006
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Re:Re:Re:Monkey on one's back
Hi Mark,
the monkey's name is "general".
"general" £¨"½«¾ü"£¬jiang1 jun1£©
About the real general, I think the others call him ¡°shi zuo¡±(¡°Ê¦×ù¡±£¬shi1 zuo4).
¡°shi zuo¡± means division commander, a rank of army.
Actually, ¡°shi zuo¡± is a honorific and only be used in Kuomintang army. You know, from 1928 to 1949,there is Kuomintang government in China.
Similarly , army corps commander can be called ¡°jun zuo¡± (¡°¾ü×ù¡±£¬jun1 zuo4)
Anyway, subordinate call his boss.
Now, division commander is called ¡°shi zhang¡±(¡°Ê¦³¤¡±£¬shi1 zhang3)
¡°shi zuo¡±,you only heard from movie or TV show now.
I have never seen this movie.I know there are American movie ¡®Face Off¡¯,its Chinese name is ¡¶±äÁ³¡·£¬hehe~~
"±äÁ³" is a traditional art. You don¡¯t see it unless in Sichuan Local Opera.
¡°Bianlian is a traditional art form that is very popular in the western province of Sichuan. Performers can change their masks within seconds. Bianlian methods are fiercely guarded by performers and passed down through generations. The secrets are rarely taught outside the family and never to foreigners.¡± ¡ª¡ªfrom CHINA DAILY
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falcon
August 4, 2006
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