User Comments - kimiik
kimiik
Posted on: Buying Jade
January 13, 2009 at 9:45 AMEasy memorization :
翡翠 Jadeite
翠玉 Emerald
玉碎 die in glory (that's so poetic: the jade hits the soldier and breaks it)
玉髓 (marrow jade) Chalcedony (Calcédoine) or excellent wine (with a deposit ?)
Posted on: The Final Show
January 12, 2009 at 6:59 PMThat's sad to lose a great element of the Cpod team.
Good luck for your new beginning in NYC. I hope for the best.
Posted on: News and Features - Mid-January News
January 12, 2009 at 6:10 PMIn this Customer Feedback you can only vote FOR a proposition, not AGAINST, not even BLANK.
That's a real "travesty of democracy" (unworthy of the Bay Area) ! -> ;o)
Posted on: Insurance Insanity
January 2, 2009 at 6:33 PMDid the father of the Jacksons knew about 三长两短 ?
Posted on: Being Vague: 大概 (dàgài), 左右 (zuǒyòu), 上下 (shàngxià)
December 29, 2008 at 9:35 AMAt the end of the following song, I hear that 孙燕姿 says something like 我离开你们左右
Would 离开左右 mean that she's leaving whatever happens or is there some kind of vague uncertainty behind it ?
Posted on: The Person Component
December 26, 2008 at 10:33 AM"Ripped from the chinesepod website" by Mister AS Queen himself ? Really ? ;o)
Posted on: Personal Trainer
December 23, 2008 at 3:23 PMSushan,
Hyperthermia is called 中暑 (zhòngshǔ) in chinese. I guess chinese people could also see some positive connotations and concepts in the word 中暑.
Posted on: Will you Marry Me?
January 13, 2009 at 1:28 PMBtw, "一点矜持都没有" means here something like "you might work in the show business". ;o)