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Re:how to say
ÓÐÆ丸±ØÓÐÆä×Ó(you3 qi2 fu4 ,bi4 you3 qi2 zi3)
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falcon
August 3, 2006
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Re:Re:Monkey on one's back
Hi Falcon,
Thank you for your reply. Yes, in the movie "±äÁ³", Íõ±äÁ³'s monkey is a pet, he calls him "General." I haven't made out the Chinese word he uses yet, but there is another character in the movie who is a real general, and they call him shi1 duo4, but I haven't been able to find the characters or find out what kind of general shi1 duo4 is.
So have you seen this movie, "±äÁ³"? Did you like it?
I see you have also replied to my question about "thumbs up." So it looks like it has exactly the same meaning as our own version of the gesture. Thank you!
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Mark S.
August 3, 2006
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Re:Monkey on one's back
I don't think there are the similar expression in Chinese.
monkey is clever and intelligent symbol.
I believe it is a pet of the character.
There are many kinds of monkey in China,especially in Sichuan province,yunnan province and guizhou province.
Golden Snub-nosed Monkey is peculiar in Sichuan province,China.Just like Giant panda.
I know someone like monkey pet.
And, some vagrants teach monkey perform to make a living.
Falcon beijing,China~
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falcon
August 3, 2006
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ine y.
August 2, 2006
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Monkey on one's back
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Do you have en expression in your language like the English, "to have a monkey on one's back"?
In English, the expression means that I have this horrible problem I can't solve.
I wonder, because one of my favorite movies,±äÁ³, "The King of Masks", the character has a monkey that rides on his back. I was curious if this image would have the same suggestion that it does for English speakers.
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Mark Springer, Sacramento, USA
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Mark S.
August 2, 2006
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Re:A Chinese ¡°Thumbs up¡±?
Chinese "thumbs up" means very good.
you can praise somebody using this gesture,for his job,his idea,his achievement.....
you can praise a delicious meal,a beautiful view....
If you see YAO MING do a good Block shot,you may use this gesture.He'll understand.
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Falcon
Beijing,CHINA
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falcon
August 2, 2006
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A Chinese ¡°Thumbs up¡±?
In the movie, The King of Masks (Ę׃), which takes place in the Sichuan province, I saw a gesture several times that I would like to learn more about. The main character, ÍõĘ׃ often puts his left hand on the bicep (top muscle) of his right upper arm, and, holding the right hand closed with his thumb up, he cheerfully raises his thumb upward. I can¡¯t quite get what he¡¯s saying when he does this, but in one instance, he¡¯s telling his friend that they are even, having exchanged favors, and his statement sounds like, ¡°p¨¢o ge r¨¦n, li¨£ng ji¨¡ y¨« qi¡± (¡°y¨« qian¡±?). The English for this is given as ¡°we¡¯re even now¡±, but I think that ÍõŽŸ¸µis also referring to something he has said about them being ¡°brothers¡± -- not actual family brothers, but brothers in the sense of being very close friends.
Later, soldiers are trying to buy the secrets of ÍõŽŸ¸µ¡¯s trade from him¡ªsecrets which, by tradition, he cannot reveal to anyone except his own son. It is a very stressful conversation, but several times, when they seem about to reconcile peacefully, he and one of the soldiers smile and make this same gesture to each other several times.
It looks like a gesture we use in America, raising a closed hand with a thumb up¡ªwe call the action, ¡°giving a thumbs up.¡± It should really be called ¡°thumb up¡±, because it¡¯s almost always only one thumb, but we always call it ¡°thumbs up¡±, and on rare occasions, we actually do it with both hands, raising two thumbs up. This is a more enthusiastic form, kind of like the doubling used so often in spoken Chinese, but we use it very rarely, so two thumbs up is a very emphatic form of the gesture. We almost always make it a one-handed gesture, raising the thumb of one hand while the other hand has no role in the gesture at all.
Our "thumbs up" dates back to ancient Rome. In the arena, when a gladiator had defeated his enemy, he would look up to Caesar for instructions about whether to spare the loser¡¯s life. If Caesar felt the loser had fought well, he would give a ¡°thumbs up¡±, and the defeated gladiator would be spared. Otherwise, Caesar would give a thumbs down, and the winner would ¡°finish off¡±, or kill his opponent. Today, we just use thumbs up and thumbs down to show that we like something or that we don¡¯t like it.
Please tell me about this Chinese "thumbs up." I am interested if the action has any more specific or different meaning in Chinese culture.
Thank you!
Mark Springer
Sacramento, CA USA
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Mark S.
July 31, 2006
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Latest: August 2, 2006
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’†š ˜b/ úDˆß•ž / Get dressed!
I saw a father telling his son, ”cˆß•žúD, which was translated as gGet dressed!h
I couldnft find úD in the dictionary as an expression, and I was curious if this was an omission by the dictionary. Do Chinese people often use the phrase gúDh as an expression for gget dressedh? I noticed the sonfs reply to his father used the same phrase:
‰ä›ßãSúDˆß•ž—¹C gIfm already dressed,h or, gI have already gotten dressed.h
Anything else we should know about using the phrase, gúDh?
ŽÓŽÓI
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Mark S.
July 20, 2006
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how can tell me "nbsp" its meaning?
ce qui peut me dire que c-v-d quoi"nbsp"?
merci gracais thanx xiexie
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fanfan b.
July 18, 2006
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Hello!All of you!
I come from Beijing of China!I am a university student!I want to improve my English.My username on msn is elizabeth_wang7.
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Bessie
July 12, 2006
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