User Comments - kimiik
kimiik
Posted on: Expired!
February 19, 2009 at 10:42 AMRjberki, You can use 牛奶不耐 like a motto.
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 3: Prenatal Checkup
February 19, 2009 at 10:21 AM3bis. 潜伏期 would also have the advantage to sound like 前福气. ;o)
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 3: Prenatal Checkup
February 19, 2009 at 9:11 AM1. I know that 预产期 is a fixed expression for "expected date of childbirth" but can I use it as a metaphor for LEAD TIME (the time between the beginning of a process and its end) of industrial products?
Btw, what whould be the chinese word for "lead time"? 开创货至交货的时间 ?
2. If I use 预生期 instead of 预产期, how would it be understood (玉声妻)?
3. By looking at its characters, I thought that 潜伏期 (incubation) could also describe the position of the foetus and his liquid environment. But it seems that 潜伏期 is only used for disease and virus.
Posted on: 中国崛起
February 6, 2009 at 6:34 PM
mmm... How sensitive !
I wonder if it's really a good idea to bring national flags here.
What's next ? The Union Jack ?
Posted on: 中国崛起
February 2, 2009 at 2:23 PMHenning,
The concept of nation may be obsolete when you think about the modern definitions of the word "nation" in french or in german.
But, in english, the word "nation" also covers the imagined communities and seems as open as its latin root "nascio".
That's why the word "European nation" without "s" (Europe as a philosophical concept) is so difficult to explain in France or in Germany and why it is used with the wrong meaning.
Posted on: Making Dumplings
January 29, 2009 at 9:44 AMIs it possible to write 你蛮有天赋的 instead of 你满有天赋的 ?
For me, this two sentences sound exactly the same but do they have exactly the same meaning ? I guess there's a subtle difference.
... Oops sorry the answer is already up there.
Posted on: Farewell, Son 游子吟
January 20, 2009 at 2:51 PMVery interesting podcast. The content was far from overloaded but informative in an elegant way.
I also liked the general public video because Elvis spurred without trespass and spoke to my heart at the end. ;o)
Posted on: Happiness Candy
January 14, 2009 at 9:17 AMHonestly, the European dragées and the 喜糖 are very similar in aspect, packaging and uses. However, the traditional sugar shell of the dragées could be very hard.
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 3: Prenatal Checkup
February 19, 2009 at 11:34 AMKubus, I heard in a recent EnglishPod lesson that the lead time of a Praxis lesson is about 2 weeks.
A Two weeks gap seems too long to cover hot news.