User Comments - bababardwan

Posted on: Salt and Pepper

RJ,

Mate,maybe they thought your dan4 wanted to yan1,the so called danyan:

That Easter bunny must have developed one heck of a good hop to get over the Chang2cheng2:

...so imagine the wall they're gonna have to build to keep this fella out:

Posted on: Tomb Sweeping Festival -- 清明

ye3xu3 mu4tong2 chang4chang4:

dou4,yi1ge dou4,dou4fu de dou4

re4,yi1 dian3 de jin1 ri4,

mi1,yi1ge sheng1,jiao4 wo3 mao1

fa3! lu4 chang2chang2 kuai4 pao3

sou4,ke2sou de sou4,kai4 kai4

la4,la4jiao1 hai2shi4 la4mei4

ti1,wo3 ti1 zu2qui2 he2 gan3lan3qiu2

...Poddies,feel free to improve these lines,or just give an alternate version.

zhenlijiang,

hehe,Yeah I was waiting for that one.Wo3 bu4 yao4 jiao4 hei1se4 yang2 de jia1,suo3yi3 wo yong4 "na3na2" dai4ti4..."where hold?" the black sheep [while you see if you can shear him to get any wool].

I can't read the hanzi at the moment though so I'll look at your comment again in a couple of days.

Posted on: Salt and Pepper

changye,

True mate,but I was thinking that an ash tray would be easier when one resorts to charades than salt.I'm thinking the shaking action might work over food,but then there's other condiments you might be indicating.

Posted on: Toilet Types

bodawei,

Thanks for those mate.I'm also wondering if hang ten would be simply translated as gua4shi2? And before the protests come that we're getting off topic here,let me point out that gua4shi2 is a manouvre that is as equally applicable in surfing as it is in TBTCS:

..though this amateur forget to cut out the requisite holes for his ten jiao3zhi4 to poke through,so he'd be disqualified.

Kevina,

hehe.Yeah,"better the devil you know" psychology at work.

Posted on: The New Series is So Close, We Can Taste It!

True to form Matt's not worried by the death implication of si.Not worried by meat cleavers either.Does nothing phase the man? I think he's showing promise of displaying in this series that same intrepid Aussie spirit as this guy,who I saw in a documentary yesterday soldier on despite getting a full electric shock from an eel and was repeatedly pecked by large birds.Hilarious.This i am looking for in Matt.

Do they say "Sam's your uncle" then in the US?

So 3 lessons on a Tuesday? Can't wait for the new video series,but I would suggest spreading the lessons a little,though am I right in thinking this is starting out as once every 2 or 4 weeks? No big deal about 3 on one day though,the important thing is we're lucky enough to get an exciting looking new series.

Bring on Lao Wang.

Posted on: Tomb Sweeping Festival -- 清明

ye3xu3 mu4tong2 shuo1:

na3 na2 hei1 yang2

ni3 you3 yi1 dian3 rong2?

dui4 xian1sheng,dui4 xian1sheng

san1 ge bao1 man3

yi1 ge wei4 shi1 fu,

yi1 ge wei4 gui4fu4ren2,

he2 yi1 ge wei4 xiao3tong2

shei2 zhu4 xia4 hu2 tong4.

Posted on: Picking Up 拿

na4,na3 shi4 na4ge Jia1na2da4ren2 ni3 yao4 wo3 na2? Na4me zhong4 xiong2!!

Posted on: Two Poems about Music -- 弹琴 and 听筝

I have just read of a poem that sounds interesting called "lament for lychees" written by the eleventh century poet Su Shi.

Posted on: Karaoke

reigau,

Yeah,hamburger and massage but not in that order.The massage is just tenderising the meat for when you're dead meat with the missus and used for the burger.

Great quote Pete and thanks for explaining the use of this word as it's come up once before.Yeah,context is king.

Posted on: Two Poems about Music -- 弹琴 and 听筝

svik,

A beautiful picture.Thanks for sharing a current photo.What a shame no-one paid attention.If she was from a Conservatory of music I'm sure she would have been very good too.