User Comments - jennyzhu
jennyzhu
Posted on: Dealing With Depression
May 14, 2009 at 1:23 AMalexye,
豁达 and 乐观 do have some common qualities, but they are not entirely the same. 乐观 means optimistic. 豁达 means you don't get angered or dragged down by adversity or negative emotions. You deal with those with a big open heart if that makes sense. I guess in order to be 豁达，one has to be optimistic in the first place.
开导 has a very specific context regarding usage. It means to encourage and provide some sort of psychological counselling when someone is depressed, sad or unhappy. 鼓励 means to encourage. It has a much broader usage. For example, when someone has done well, you can still 鼓励 them to do even better.
审视 is generally used with things that are worthy of critical analysis. For example, problems, issues, political system and so on.
Posted on: Heading Home
May 13, 2009 at 7:07 AM@bababardwan,
Yes, they do use 老公/lao3 gong1/husband and 老婆/ lao3 po2/wife to address each other. I guess it adds intimacy between them. It is interesting that marriage has a rather romantic and poetic connotaion in China.
Posted on: 《杜拉拉升职记》
May 12, 2009 at 9:57 AM我自己也觉得看电子书实在太费眼睛和颈椎了。不过国内很多年轻人喜欢把书下载到Sony PSP上，上下班时候看。
Posted on: Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs
May 12, 2009 at 9:49 AMI make great 糖醋排骨. It is my show off dish.
Posted on: 小太监进宫
May 12, 2009 at 1:27 AM演楚公公的是我们的音效师 (sound engineer) David。他很有表演才华！
我们正在继续写这个系列的对话，大家对哪方面感兴趣呢？满清历史、京片子（北京语言）、宫廷礼仪文化？
Posted on: City: Mumbai
May 11, 2009 at 6:42 AM孟买 makes me think of shopping,买。
Posted on: Funny Business
May 8, 2009 at 4:59 PMkimiik,
Yes, you can definitely use 大手大脚 in the literal sense to describe Michael Phelps.
钻洞 or 钻一个洞 do not have any metaphoric meaning.
Posted on: Funny Business
May 8, 2009 at 4:56 PM@waitingroom,
Very valid points. I think daily life language could be especially challenging when people are not only speaking fast but with accent or there are things particular to China which your study hasn't prepared you for. Something for us to start paying attention to and write lessons about. Thank you!
Posted on: Dealing With Depression
May 14, 2009 at 2:16 AMisthatme,
Keep studying! All the very best to you and we hope you come back soon! In the meantime, I hope you still get something out of newbie lessons.