User Comments - pearltowerpete
pearltowerpete
Posted on: Funny Business
May 8, 2009 at 8:09 AMHi waitingroom
你看着办 is a classic phrase. It often implies a bit of anger or "well, Mister Smarty-pants, let's see how you do it..."
It would not be appropriate for a teacher to say that to a student.
Posted on: Funny Business
May 8, 2009 at 6:59 AMHi juzi
Of course! It's great.
Hi all,
Money laundering, tax tricks and clever accounting are great topics of discussion here. You may be surprised how often they come up in conversation and daily life.
Hi waitingroom,
Good points. I will make sure they get to the people who can act on them.
The word is jiǒng, but it is rare enough that I am not surprised that it doesn't show up in IME.
Posted on: Big Bed
May 8, 2009 at 6:00 AMHi jonjar1979
Thanks for a good question. There are slight differences in meaning.
你說呢 implies “please give me your suggestions or advice."
你决定吧 means "go ahead and make the decision."
Posted on: Big Bed
May 8, 2009 at 3:49 AMHi heimama,
啤酒 came to China only very recently (about a hundred years ago.) But the Chinese have thousands of years of drinking culture.
Like in many other countries, the earliest hotels were more like taverns (酒肆 jiǔsì, 酒樓 jiǔlóu). You could be sure to get some booze to warm you up.
Posted on: Funny Business
May 8, 2009 at 2:42 AMHi ewong,
Until recently this character was extremely rare. Now, it is being used in Internet chat rooms, forums etc. because it looks like the modern "frowny face" emoticon. People use it roughly as they would the emoticon :-(
Posted on: Funny Business
May 8, 2009 at 1:51 AMHi juzi
I love your icon. 囧 (jiǒng) is an extremely popular character these days.
Posted on: Seeing off a Monk, Returning to Japan -- 送僧归日本
May 8, 2009 at 1:41 AMHi bodawei
天下乌鸦一般黑 -- all crows are black. This is a pretty negative way to describe the similarities you observed among religious practices ;-)
Hi 3333
Glad to hear it!
Hi thinkbuddha
龙 is a workhorse of the Chinese animal kingdom.
- 龙虾 "dragon shrimp" are lobsters
- 恐龙 "fearsome dragons＂are dinosaurs (or ugly women!). Compare this to the origins of the English word "dinosaur"-- terrible lizard.
- and 飞龙 "flying dragon" is the pteradactyl.
And of course, the Chinese people themselves are 龙的传人, the descendants of the Dragon!
Posted on: Welcome to ChinesePod
May 7, 2009 at 3:32 AMHi miantiao,
你跟這個人講道理簡直是“對牛彈琴。” 很多糞青沒事干就來惹別人，我們跟這種人沒什么話好說。
Your time is too valuable to waste on someone like him :-)
Posted on: Zombies: Deader than Ever
May 7, 2009 at 2:14 AMHi sebire,
我觉得“我没拉你“的意思是 "I'm not pulling you" - 应该是"我不拉你"还是"我不在拉你"? 是不是这里"在"不必要的?
Thanks for an interesting question. In this phrase, 沒 definitely indicates that the action did not occur, not that it is not occuring.
我不拉你 would mean that you will not pull the person in the future.
我不在拉你 means "I'm not pulling you."
Posted on: Pain and Suffering 伤心, 难受，郁闷 ,不爽，难过
May 9, 2009 at 4:37 AMHi all,
Here are today's sentences, courtesy of Connie.
比如说，我们养的宠物死了。哎呀，很伤心啊，就是啊
Bǐrú shuō, wǒmen yǎng de chǒngwù sǐ le. Āiyā, hěn shāngxīn a, jiùshì a.
分手的时候是伤心还是难过？
Fēnshǒu de shíhou shì shāngxīn háishi nánguò?
小狗更重要。
Xiǎo gǒu gèng zhòngyào.
其实你可以一起说很伤心难过。既伤心又难过。经常一起说。
Qíshí nǐ kěyǐ yīqǐ shuō hěn shāngxīn nánguò. Jì shāngxīn yòu nánguò. Jīngcháng yīqǐ shuō.
别让我伤心。Bié ràng wǒ shāngxīn.
或者你很伤心，我会劝你别伤心，别难过。
Huòzhě nǐ hěn shāngxīn, wǒ huì quàn nǐ bié shāngxīn, bié nánguò.
他一定很伤心，所以你可以和他说，别太伤心了。
Tā yīdìng hěn shāngxīn, suǒyǐ nǐ kěyǐ hé tā shuō, bié tài shāngxīn le.
你们遇到过最伤心的事情是什么？
Nǐmen yùdào guo zuì shāngxīn de shìqing shì shénme?
我遇到过最伤心的事是我的朋友不在了，去世了。
Wǒ yùdào guo zuì shāngxīn de shì shì wǒ de péngyou bùzài le, qùshì le.
大概就是去年我们家的小狗去世了，当然没那么严重。
Dàgài jiùshì qùnián wǒmen jiā de xiǎo gǒu qùshì le, dāngrán méi nàme yánzhòng.
难受可以是你身体上很不舒服。
Nánshòu kěyǐ shì nǐ shēntǐ shàng hěn bù shūfu.
你肚子很难受。虽然晚餐很好吃，咖喱很好吃，但是肚子很难受。
Nǐ dùzi hěn nánshòu. Suīrán wǎncān hěn hǎochī, gālí hěn hǎochī, dànshì dùzi hěn nánshòu.
我知道今天jenny有点不太舒服。今天我喉咙很难受。
Wǒ zhīdao jīntiān jenny yǒudiǎn bùtài shūfu. Jīntiān wǒ hóulóng hěn nánshòu.
比如说，车上很挤，人很多，你会觉得难受死了。
Bǐrú shuō, chē shàng hěn jǐ, rén hěn duō, nǐ huì juéde nánshòu sǐ le.
吵架了，你可能当时会觉得心里有点难受。
Chǎojià le, nǐ kěnéng dāngshí huì juéde xīnli yǒudiǎn nánshòu.
明天我打算去玩，可是外面下雨了，所以很郁闷。
Míngtiān wǒ dǎsuan qù wán, kěshì wàimian xiàyǔ le, suǒyǐ hěn yùmèn.
抱怨的时候常常用。
Bàoyuàn de shíhou chángcháng yòng.
比如说，我的老板很讨厌，每天叫我做很多很多的工作，郁闷死了。
Bǐrú shuō, wǒ de lǎobǎn hěn tǎoyàn, měitiān jiào wǒ zuò hěn duō hěn duō de gōngzuò, yùmèn sǐ le.
周末加班怎么办？也很郁闷啊。
Zhōumò jiābān zěnme bàn? Yě hěn yùmèn a.
认命吧！Rènmìng ba！
昨天真不爽，被朋友放鸽子了。我们约好在一个地方见面，可是他没来。
Zuótiān zhēn bùshuǎng, bèi péngyou fàng gēzi le. Wǒmen yuēhǎo zài yī ge dìfang jiànmiàn, kěshì tā méi lái.
电视机坏了，特别特别不爽。想把电视机砸了。
Diànshìjī huài le, tèbié tèbié bùshuǎng. Xiǎng bǎ diànshìjī zá le.
如果我喜欢的球星不踢球了，我会很伤心。
Rúguǒ wǒ xǐhuan de qiúxīng bù tīqiú le, wǒ huì hěn shāngxīn.
我的狗狗死了，我很伤心。
Wǒ de gǒu gǒu sǐ le, wǒ hěn shāngxīn.
死机了，所以我特别特别郁闷。这个破电脑。
Sǐ jī le, suǒyǐ wǒ tèbié tèbié yùmèn. Zhège pò diànnǎo.
我们已经有了新的电脑。
Wǒmen yǐjing yǒu le xīn de diànnǎo.