User Comments - nicolas
nicolas
Posted on: Hard of Hearing
November 24, 2007 at 6:22 AMI just talked to a Chinese man who told me that saying 你的身材很好 is actually very close to "You have a nice body" and would not be said by a gentleman to a Chinese gal when he first meets her. He also said that compliments about 身体 refer to the health only, not the physical appearance.
Posted on: Hard of Hearing
November 24, 2007 at 2:42 AMIMO, 你的身材很好 (Nǐ de shēncái hěn hǎo.) is not the litteral translation of "You have a nice body". IMO again, 身材 (shēncái) refers to the general physical appearance whereas "You have a nice body" would be said after a more detailed, part by part, evaluation :-)
Posted on: That's enough tea
November 20, 2007 at 12:50 AMRich points out (IMO of course, not necessarily Rich's) the danger of group learning.
Posted on: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
November 19, 2007 at 3:50 AManother word for neck is: 项 [xiàng] (surname); back of neck; nape of neck; neck; sum; thing; funds; item
Posted on: Weather Forecast
November 19, 2007 at 1:34 AMchangye's answer is quite funny Forecast for tomorrow: rain in every single province of China, Inner Mongolia included !
Posted on: Weather Forecast
November 19, 2007 at 1:28 AMI haven't understood Jenny's secret. 我没听得懂 Jenny 的秘密 Was she presenting the weather forecast in Australia ?
Posted on: An Anonymous Tip in Jizhou
November 18, 2007 at 1:48 AM赵露 is probably scared that this guy will abuse or kidnap her. So it's strange that she asks : 我到底来到了一个什么地方？ In that situation, the sort of place she landed to would be less an issue to her than how to defend herself.
Posted on: Internet Slang
November 14, 2007 at 1:32 PMthanks amber, so my last 4 phone numbers, 1974, mean "as always angry to death" :-(
Posted on: Internet Slang
November 14, 2007 at 2:56 AMwhat does 气死 mean ?
Posted on: Adventures in Chinese Learning
November 25, 2007 at 2:03 AMcan you put the two previous (November 16, 9)Dear Amber back to the site ?