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Posted on: Do you have class this afternoon?
February 10, 2013 at 4:03 PM

perhaps zhong wen refers more to the written language and han yu includes speech?

Posted on: Boxing Match
February 10, 2013 at 2:35 PM

The ear biting is no doubt a reference to the famous fight between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson in 1997, during which Tyson bit off a portion of Holyfield's right ear. A first in pro boxing, and it caused quite a stir. Tyson lost the match, which was a rematch for the world title, as he was disqualified later in the match for now bitting Evander's left ear. Tyson was fined 3 million dollars and banned from boxing, only to be reinstated a year later. Tyson did eventually apologize on the Oprah show in 2009.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holyfield%E2%80%93Tyson_II

Posted on: What Toy Do You Want?
February 8, 2013 at 10:23 PM

you mean "Hero" in a half shell. I was a little old for a true interest in these guys but I used to watch it with my son. I liked the Rat.

Posted on: Costume Ball
February 5, 2013 at 12:08 PM

He has the face of a pig. He is a pig, or ugly, in the mirror and to everyone else as well. I suppose that is the analogy.

Posted on: Costume Ball
February 5, 2013 at 12:40 AM

more about it here:

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/chinese-wordplay#sthash.xTA26Hqx.dpbs

apparently it means blamed everywhere (inside and out) but its a tough one to understand.

see: (#98)

http://books.google.com/books?id=s-ysQT9j1IcC&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=%E7%8C%AA%E5%85%AB%E6%88%92%E7%85%A7%E9%95%9C%E5%AD%90%EF%BC%8C%E9%87%8C%E5%A4%96%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E4%BA%BA+meaning&source=bl&ots=KRsYOtqOij&sig=J1jCwpVNUOdqtTpPKeaiO7IN9j0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zk8QUcj3D6nO0wGDv4GgAw&sqi=2&ved=0CHkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%E7%8C%AA%E5%85%AB%E6%88%92%E7%85%A7%E9%95%9C%E5%AD%90%EF%BC%8C%E9%87%8C%E5%A4%96%E4%B8%8D%E6%98%AF%E4%BA%BA%20meaning&f=false

its a long URL but it works

Posted on: Chinese Catch Phrases for 2012
February 4, 2013 at 8:38 PM

in case you have trouble with youtube, this may work:

http://video.sina.com.cn/p/news/m/v/2012-09-29/152461875819.html

Posted on: Chinese Catch Phrases for 2012
February 4, 2013 at 8:28 PM

Clair,

see below for live links. (You can not create live links in a "reply", only in an original post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTUa0EtsGoA

http://www.chinanews.com/shipin/2012/09-29/news100494.shtml

http://video.sina.com.cn/p/news/m/v/2012-09-29/152461875819.html

Posted on: The Wives of Gay Men
February 2, 2013 at 5:46 PM

Update:

The "gay" dog, sentenced to death has been rescued and named Elton:

ABC NEWS:

"The dog was left with a rabies control shelter in Jackson, Tenn., this week “not because he’s mean or tears things up… But because his owner says he’s gay!” the group Jackson TN Euthanasia, which tries to find homes for dogs in kill-shelters, posted on its Facebook page on Wednesday.

“He hunched another male dog so his owner threw him away because he refuses to have a ‘gay’ dog!” the group wrote in a post that went viral, leading to thousands of comments online and hundreds of people calling the shelter.

One of those callers was Stephanie Fryns, a veterinary tech from Jackson, who rescued the bulldog-mix. She named him Elton."

Posted on: New Traffic Regulations
January 29, 2013 at 11:37 PM

Nice. Only in Mexico.