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Posted on: Dropping and Losing 丢, 弄丢，丢掉
April 7, 2009 at 2:09 AMHi guikeli
Reigau explained the issue of 丢工作 and 丢事业 very nicely. Here is a little more information from Jiaojie:
A 事业 has a definite goal, range and method, and has an impact on the development of a society．For example, 革命事业, 教育事业 。
工作 is when people do mental or physical labor, a job．This appears in phrases like 找工作. If you say 丢了事业, that means that you will never work again in this field. But if you say 丢了工作, that means that the person has lost this particular job.
Posted on: Two Poems about Music -- 弹琴 and 听筝
April 7, 2009 at 1:13 AM
Hi all,
Here are today's poems.
泠泠七弦上，静听松风寒。
línglíng qī xiánshàng , jìngtīngsōngfēnghán
古调虽自爱，今人多不弹。
gǔdiào suī zìài , jīnrén duō bùtán
鸣筝金粟柱，素手玉房前。
míng zhēng jīn sù zhù , sù shǒu yùfáng qián
欲得周郎顾，时时误拂弦。
yù dé zhōu láng gù , shíshí wùfú xián
Can any poddies play the guzheng or guqin? If so, can you share a video or sound file with us?
Posted on: Tomb Sweeping Festival -- 清明
April 4, 2009 at 1:39 AMHi eupnea63355
Thanks for your kind comments. I am very pleased to think that people are getting into Chinese poetry. And don't worry-- when the PDF becomes available, it will be a supplement to the plain text.
Hi zhenlijiang,
What a great ambition. Please do let us see the poem when you are done.
Hi helenxiong,
热烈欢迎你。 如果想要学习英文的话，你也不妨看看我们sister website.
Posted on: Dropping and Losing 丢, 弄丢，丢掉
April 4, 2009 at 1:22 AMHi all,
Courtesy of Connie, here are today's sentences. Enjoy your Saturday Qing Wen!
丢了工作。丢饭碗。
Diū le gōngzuò. Diū fànwǎn.
钱包没有丢。我的钱包丢了。我整个包丢了。
Qiánbāo méiyǒu diū. Wǒ de qiánbāo diū le. Wǒ zhěnggè bāo diū le.
走路回家。走了很久。因为没有钱。
Zǒulù huíjiā. Zǒu le hěn jiǔ. Yīnwèi méiyǒu qián.
我都会把100块钱藏在脚底下。给我们看一下。那你的钱很臭。钱永远是香的。
Wǒ dōu huì bǎ 100kuài qián cáng zài jiǎodǐxia. Gěi wǒmen kàn yīxià. Nà nǐ de qián hěn chòu. Qián yǒngyuǎn shì xiāng de.
行李丢了。Xíngli diū le.
你的护照丢了。Nǐ de hùzhào diū le.
是故意的还是不小心？是不小心的。比较客观。
Shì gùyì de háishi bù xiǎoxīn？Shì bù xiǎoxīn de. Bǐjiào kèguān.
把钱放好，别弄丢了。Bǎ qián fànghǎo，bié nòng diū le.
我把孩子弄丢了。Wǒ bǎ háizi nòng diū le.
把图书馆的书弄丢了。Bǎ túshūguǎn de shū nòng diū le.
我把我的耳环弄丢了。Wǒ bǎ wǒ de ěrhuán nòng diū le.
我的行李丢了。Wǒ de xíngli diū le.
航空公司把我的行李弄丢了。Hángkōng gōngsī bǎ wǒ de xíngli nòng diū le.
我把自己的行李弄丢了。Wǒ bǎ zìjǐ de xíngli nòng diū le.
谁把你的行李弄丢了？Shuí bǎ nǐ de xíngli nòng diū le？
什么东西要丢掉？垃圾，没用的东西shénme dōngxi yào diūdiào？Lājī, méiyòng de dōngxi
那你就把他给丢了吧。我们不这样说。我们会说踢掉他。
Nà nǐ jiù bǎ tā gěi diū le ba. Wǒmen bù zhèyàng shuō. Wǒmen huì shuō tīdiào tā.
有的孩子刚出生，他的父母觉得他是残疾的，有的父母会把他们丢掉。
Yǒude háizi gāng chūshēng, tā de fùmǔ juéde tā shì cánjí de, yǒude fùmǔ huì bǎ tāmen diūdiào.
花谢了，每星期我要把这些花丢掉。Huā xiè le, měi xīngqī wǒ yào bǎ zhèxiē huā diūdiào.
没用了，那么老的东西，丢掉吧。Méiyòng le, nàme lǎo de dōngxi, diūdiào ba.
东西掉了。钱包掉了。Dōngxi diào le. Qiánbāo diào le.
你的裤子掉了。Nǐ de kùzi diào le.
你的扣子掉了。扣子掉了裤子就容易掉。Nǐ de kòuzi diào le. Kòuzi diào le kùzi jiù róngyì diào.
掉眼泪。眼泪掉下来。Diào yǎnlèi. Yǎnlèi diào xiàlái.
掉头发。Pete的头发快掉光了。Diào tóufa. Pete de tóufa kuài diào guāng le.
钱从天上掉下来。Qián cóng tiānshàng diào xiàlái.
天上掉下个林妹妹。Tiānshàng diào xià ge Lín mèimei.
不要想着天上会掉馅儿饼。Bùyào xiǎng zhe tiānshàng huì diào xiànrbǐng.
苹果从树上掉下来。Píngguǒ cóng shù shang diào xiàlái.
Posted on: I want to buy this one
April 3, 2009 at 9:38 AMHi anderslearmonth
We do not have a JapanesePod yet. But why don't you explore the site-- you may find that Chinese is really cool.
We'll look forward to your comments and questions on the message boards.
Posted on: Which Finger?
April 3, 2009 at 8:53 AMHi lotsofwordsandnospaces
Lao Wang is an upright citizen, not a finger-cutter!
And 大熊 is a bit affectionate, but it does not have this kind of implication:
Posted on: Tomb Sweeping Festival -- 清明
April 3, 2009 at 8:49 AMHi thenrik
The problem is not actually with creating the PDF but with publishing it with the lesson. I know this sounds odd, but the system will be improved soon.
I am at least as eager for this change as any of the poddies ;-)
Posted on: Broken, Busted, and Smashed
April 3, 2009 at 8:30 AMHi forth_tone
可以这么说! 掰 is used for hard things.
And the character can also be used when couples break up-- convenient, as it looks like 分手！
Posted on: Which Finger?
April 3, 2009 at 5:46 AMHi alexyzye
Interesting question. Jiaojie and Connie explained to me just now that people would rarely say this directly to someone's face-- today's dialogue is a special situation because it is a gangster.
More commonly, it would be used behind someone's back. Person A thinks is bothered by Person B, so A says to Person C 我一定要给他(Person B)一点颜色看看.
Posted on: Dropping and Losing 丢, 弄丢，丢掉
April 7, 2009 at 2:36 AMHello all,
We hear you loud and clear about 把. This is a fairly complex structure that would be difficult to explain in a Qing Wen. But (apologies to fellow animal lovers ;-) there is more than one way to skin a cat. This is an important grammatical topic that clearly needs to be discussed.
In the meantime, Jiaojie explains:
把 sentences involve dealing with or disposing of things. There needs to be a result, so there should be a 了 or other resultative complement after the verb. And the object of a 把 sentence must be definite, so you can't say "an apple,” or “an egg." You have to say "that apple" or "that egg."
他把一个苹果吃 should be: 他把那个苹果吃了。He ate that apple.
他把一辆欧宝开 should be: 他把那辆欧宝开走了。He drove away in that Opel.
我把一个鸡蛋吃过了 should be: 我把那个鸡蛋吃了。I ate that egg.
If you don't use the 把 structure, you can say:
他吃了一个苹果。He ate an apple.
他开走了一辆欧宝。 I drove away in an Opel.
我吃了一个鸡蛋。 I ate an egg.