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bodawei
Posted on: 4S Dealership
August 9, 2010 at 10:37 PM哈哈，你所说的夸夸其谈，真不巧有人说不要当真。 当然我爱你。。
Posted on: Chinese Fruits
August 9, 2010 at 2:32 PM老板 actually has a number of uses - maybe that is why it is a little 'flexible'. The most common use would be 'boss', but it does also mean owner. It is most used in business, but not only business. A couple of years back we lived next to a research establishment; the senior person was referred to as 老板. It is both respectful, despite the literal translation, and descriptive (of management, ownership).
Posted on: Chinese Fruits
August 9, 2010 at 1:57 PMMix-ups occur with me, but the term 老板 is a little flexible; I think that you are not likely to seriously embarrass yourself. You should just try to avoid referring to the 老板 as 服务员. I go to one restaurant frequently where I am still not sure who is really 老板; I call the one in charge when I am there 老板. The 老板 (where I live) is often the one walking around wearing a money belt. The non-老板 often have a bored look, are texting/playing games on their phones or doing absolutely nothing.
Posted on: Going on a Picnic
August 6, 2010 at 11:38 AMHi RJ. I am well placed to continue your education - I am currently getting a refresher myself. It does snow in parts of Australia but not much at Christmas time. :) We have our snow resorts in NSW, Vic and New Zealand (that was a bit cheeky); they rely heavily these days on snow making machines. I don't know which city is the coldest - I wonder if it is Canberra after allowing for the wind chill factor. Maybe cities in Tasmania are still colder. We sometimes need a jumper at night in Darwin in the middle of Winter. Also we get low temperatures in the deserts but snow would be very rare. Just west of Sydney (around the Blue Mtns) would get snow most Winters I think.
The Fremantle Doctor is a false friend because it is more a gale than a breeze. (Australia also has its myths.)
Posted on: Going on a Picnic
August 5, 2010 at 7:42 AM沙律是粤语对吧？
My dictionary says 色拉 but I have never heard anything but 沙拉. I will stay with 沙拉.
Posted on: Discussing a Thesis Topic with an Advisor
August 5, 2010 at 3:21 AMI don't know how common this is around China but a lot of 农民工 where I live are in the city M - F and go home (to the country) for the weekend. So they don't all 'move to the city' as such. Hence, traffic on Monday morning is horrendous - they stream back for the start of the working week. (Things generally do go 7 days a week in China, but there are enough people on the M - F grind for it to be noticeable.)
Posted on: Going on a Picnic
August 5, 2010 at 2:56 AMIn Australia Christmas lunch (the main meal) can be a picnic. My family has done the picnic at the beach on Christmas Day a few times. Solves the problem of finding enough room at the table for a large crowd. The only time this came to grief was one year at Cottesloe Beach, Perth. The Fremantle Doctor (a 'false friend' if ever there was one) came in and we were howled off the beach, stung by the sand whipped up by a 40km or 50km wind.
My city in China has places by the lake which are becoming popular with the locals for picnics.
Posted on: Going on a Picnic
August 4, 2010 at 10:09 PMOn the other hand, eating sandwiches can be a challenge. Maybe because of the reluctance to eat anything with your hands at least without gloves on. I once found myself at one of those Chinese restaurants that advertises 'Western food' (long story). At the next table they ordered a 'sandwich' and when it arrived there was lengthy discussion about how to eat it. The sandwich was actually five or six sandwiches stuck together (more for show than practical eating.) They just looked at the sandwich for ages and then kind of tore it apart.
Posted on: Discussing a Thesis Topic with an Advisor
August 3, 2010 at 11:22 AMMy 4th year students write a 论文 but I would translate this as a 'long essay' or 'fourth year project'. Most Chinese undergraduates would complete this requirement without much formal instruction in research methodology. Just my view.
As an aside, and in my province, many 4th year students in China are enjoying freedoms in living arrangements not afforded them in previous years. With that, and learning to drive, and trying to find a job, they don't have a lot of time to focus on their topic. :)
Posted on: Chinese Fruits
August 9, 2010 at 10:50 PMSorry to disappoint Freud (and possibly xiaophil?) but 娘 here would certainly connote a young lady (even if 老板娘 is not so young). Flattery is welcome in China.