User Comments - calicartel

Posted on: 谋杀案二

Here are my lookups - as usual from MDBG - compiled with those posted above:

进展  jìnzhǎn  v. make progress/headway   n. progress; advance
如何    ru2​he2​    how / what way / what
神秘    shen2​mi4​    mysterious / mystery
证人    zheng4​ren2​    witness
人物    ren2​wu4​    a person / a character (in a play, novel etc) / a protagonist [00:44]
官司    guan1​si5​    lawsuit / CL: 場｜场
法官    fa3​guan1​    a judge / judge / to judge    
胜    sheng4​    victory / success
罪    zui4​    guilt / crime / fault / blame / sin
释放    shi4​fang4​    to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner)
杂    za2​    mixed / miscellaneous / various / to mix
冤枉    yuan1​wang5​    hatred / injustice / bad luck / unjust treatment / wronged
融    rong2​    harmonious / melt / mild
洽    qia4​    accord / make contact
(洽谈    qia4​tan2​    to discuss)
证    zheng4​    certificate / proof / to prove / to demonstrate / to confirm
供    gong1​    offer (information etc) / supply
撒谎    sa1​huang3​    to tell lies
探    tan4​    to explore / to search out / to scout
跟踪    gen1​zong1​    to follow sb's tracks / to tail / to shadow
阵    zhen4​    spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration
暂    zan4​    temporary
突发    tu1​fa1​    to burst out suddenly / sudden outburst
宣布    xuan1​bu4​    to declare / to announce / to proclaim
告一段落    gao4​yi1​duan4​luo4​    to come to the end of a phase (idiom)
悬疑    xuan2​yi2​    suspense [04:27]
4：30 --真相 zhēnxiàng - the truth about sth / the actual facts
犯罪    fan4​zui4​    to commit a crime / crime / offense
自由    zi4​you2​    freedom / free / liberty
社会    she4​hui4​    society
指头    zhi3​tou5​    finger / toe    
审讯    shen3​xun4​    a (judicial) trial (in a courtroom) [06:11]
审理    shen3​li3​    to hear (a case)
念头    nian4​tou5​    thought / idea / intention
出庭    chu1​ting2​    to appear in court
瑜伽    yu2​jia1​    yoga
冥想    ming2​xiang3​    meditation
之中    zhi1​zhong1​    inside
精神    jing1​shen2​    spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological
清白    qing1​bai2​    pure / innocent
和谐    he2​xie2​    harmonious
可信  kěxìn  s.v. trustworthy; reliable; credible
被禁    bei4​jin4​    forbidden / proscribed      
承认    cheng2​ren4​    to admit / to concede / to recognize  [08:51]
找出    zhao3​chu1​    to find / to search out      
促使    cu4​shi3​    to induce / to promote / to urge / to impel [09:11]
褒义    bao1​yi4​    commendatory / commendatory term / positive connotation
9：50 --占的多一点 zhàn de duō yīdiǎn (占，account for)    
冲突    chong1​tu1​    conflict / to conflict / clash of opposing forces
摩/磨擦 mócā n. friction; clash (between two parties)
碰倒    peng4​dao3​    to knock sth over
稳    wen3​    settled / steady / stable
婚姻    hun1​yin1​    matrimony / wedding / marriage / CL: 次   
背叛    bei4​pan4​    betray / forsake
暗中    an4​zhong1​    in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously
查勘    cha2​kan1​    to investigate
破案      pò'àn  v. solve a criminal case
富豪    fu4​hao2​    millionaire [11:50]
退休    tui4​xiu1​    retirement (from work)
介词    jie4​ci2​    preposition
基于    ji1​yu2​    because of / on the basis of / in view of / on account of
情节    qing2​jie2​    plot / circumstances [16:47]
好奇    hao4​qi2​    inquisitive / curious
新奇    xin1​qi2​    novelty / new and odd [17:01]
起码    qi3​ma3​    at the minimum / at the very least

Posted on: SBTG: Sun Yatsen

zhenlijiang said

The 是 is the verb. 

Zhenlijiang,

Indeed! I was not seeing the 是 that was there all the time before the 有 ! When this type of dyslexia happens it's time for me to take a break.

Adding my grain of salt to the above discussion, I also find lessons where something can be learned interesting. Learning both language and content at one go is a good way to spend one's learning time. The problem I see is integrating academic content into dialogues (direct speech). Indirect speech would be more appropriate. Or maybe a moderator interviewing an academic or an expert (eg the lesson "E-commerce guru"). In this way one could be spared the sometimes unconvincing student histrionics of SBTG.

Posted on: SBTG: Sun Yatsen

I see. In that case the translation should have read "The former is a precious part ..."

While I'm at it, here's a question regarding a small grammatical quirk in the sequence 其实孙中山正是有国际视角的革命家. Why 有 here? 革命家 means "a revolutionary" (a person). So the logical verb would be 是 (to be). Although I see MDBG also gives "to be" for 有. There must be a subtlety in this usage.

Spontaneously I would write  "孙中山有革命性" but "孙中山是革命家".

P.S. : unless (heaven forbid!) 有 is a typo for 又 [孙中山又(是)革命家 = Sun Yatsen is also a revolutionary ...]

Posted on: SBTG: Sun Yatsen

4th line from the bottom: "它是中国人民宝贵的精神遗产" is rendered by "They are a precious part ..." Why is the plural expressed by 它 ? Why not 它们 ? Is it common to omit the plural mark whith the neutral form of the third person ? Were I to write the sentence I would simply content myself with "是中国人民宝贵的精神遗产", especially since the subject is clear from what precedes. Using 它们 is not strictly necessary, let alone using 它 on its own.

Posted on: Registering with the Police Station

Note that many people assume that tourists staying in hotel don't have to register but in fact the hotel does it for them: that's the point of the red tape at ckeck-in. Here are my MDBG look-ups:

派出所    pai4chu1suo3    local police station
进入    jin4ru4    to enter / to join / to go into
边境    bian1jing4    frontier / border
出境    chu1jing4    to leave a country or region / emigration    
面对面    mian4dui4mian4    face to face
叔叔    shu1shu5    father's younger brother / uncle
讽刺    feng3ci4    to satirize / to mock / irony / satire
严肃    yan2su4    solemn / solemnity
抓紧时间    zhua1jin3shi2jian1    to snatch time / to rush / to hurry (up) / to seize the moment