User Comments - dunderklumpen

Posted on: Can You Use Chopsticks?

gesang, urbandweller, mudpud

I found some information on nciku:

双 shuāng
1. [adjective] two, even, double
2. [measure word] pair

Example:
一双筷子 Yi1 shuang1 kuai4zi5. A pair of chopsticks.
双人房 Shuang1ren2fang2. Double room. (a room with two beds in a hotel)

Posted on: Gone Fishing

Hi,

is it possible to use 放在 fang4zai4 (shui3 li3) instead of 放到 fang4dao4? Is 放到 one word or two words (verb+preposition?)?

Posted on: Dog Meat and Animal Rights

helandou,

哈哈, 你弄错了! haha, wo3 nong4cuo4 le5! I got it wrong. However, after joining this community and talking to people all around the world, I would not be surprised if some country had it. I see a lot of things that I never heard of before.

You are true about the scaring method. We are beginning to have it in my country as well. I don't reckon why. But it's all day long: eat this or you will be fat, drink this and you won't have bad breath, do this, do that or else... Maybe it's a way to make us scared and by a lot of crap that we don't need. Greed, actually.

Posted on: Dog Meat and Animal Rights

helandou

Look at the pictures/lines on cigarette packs, the governmental alarm about terrorism etc.

Do you have a picture of that? The alarm about terrorists, I mean.
We have "Smoking causes lethal lung cancer" and such on our cigarette packs.

Posted on: Letting go with 放

fangshou
你抓紧，我要放手了。
Ni3 zhua1jin3, wo3 yao4 fang4shou3le5.
Hold tight. I'm going to let go.
zhua1jin3 [verb] grasp

fangshou
我要他交给小张去办，可他就是不放手。
Wo3 yao4 ta1 jiao1gei3 xiao3Zhang1 qu4 ban4, ke3 ta1 jiu4shi4 bu4 fang4shou3.
I told him to let Xiao Zhang take over the job, but he refused to hand it over.
jiao1gei3 [verb] hand over
yao4 要 [...] ask, want, need, be about to, ...

fangjia
你们什么时候放暑假？
Ni3men5 shen2me5shi2hou5 fang4 shu3jia4?
When is your summer vacation?
shu3jia4 [noun] summer holiday

fangjia
放假了，大家好好娱乐一下。
Fang4jia4 le5, da4jia1 hao3hao3 yu2le4 yi1xia4.
The holidays are here – everyone should have some fun.

Report any mistakes to Santa Claus. He will reward you. Or you can leave a comment here :)

Posted on: Dog Meat and Animal Rights

These clips are from a movie called unser täglich brot (our daily bread). There is no dialogue. Only moving pictures and sound. Makes one think one and twice before buying food.
I have started to buy food that obeys the rules of "krav" (a swedish association). If food producers follow the "krav" rules they can use the krav logotype on their products. "Krav" ensures good environment, good care of animals, good health and social responsibility: No artificial fertilizers, no insecticides, no weed-killers are allowed. The producer must provide good social conditions for the workers.
Of course krav food is more expensive than conventional food. However, it tastes better and lasts longer. Last time i bought broccoli (first time krav) I could eat it all before it got bad in my refrigerator. That doesn't happen with conventional broccoli. Ususally, I won't be able to eat all before it goes bad.
Is there any krav-like ideas in the other poddies' countries?

Posted on: Tech Upgrades and Farming!

bababardwan,

everytime I scrolled things went chaotic

I know all about it.

Posted on: Tech Upgrades and Farming!

Hi CPod,

why is there an extra scroll bar in the exercise tab? My point is: there is already one on the right side of the page. No need for another one, 对不对?
Should I go to the user voice page and create a post for removing it or is it a quick fix?

Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 9: Wang Plans Revenge

Joking aside, as for "太空人", the 太 and 空 in the word means "giant, extreme" and "space" respectively.

Thanks Changye, I didn't know about that. I found that 太空 tai4kong1 means outer space.

My association was plain physics-like. Not so philosohpical. Stuffed things sink. Empty things float (fly). 比如:太空猪.

Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 9: Wang Plans Revenge

太空人. The literal translation is "too empty person", right? Am I the only one ROFL here? Very humorous word i IMO :)