User Comments - zaphekiah

Posted on: What are your Holiday Plans?

不用谢！

Posted on: What are your Holiday Plans?

新约 Xīn yuē = New Testament
策略 cè lüè = tactics; strategies
参考 cān kǎo = to consult, to use as a reference
语气词 yǔ qì cí = modal particle; interjection for setting mood
景观 jǐng guān = landscape; place of interest
剪刀手 jiǎn dāo shǒu = cutesy V sign
凹成S型 āo chéng S xíng = bent into an S shape (?)
宣传 xuān chuán = to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; promotion

Posted on: China's Sex Museum

江浙 Jiāng Zhè = abbr. for Jiangsu and Zhejiang
低胸 dī xiōng = low-cut (dress); plunging (neckline)
泥巴 ní bā = mud
牵手 qiān shǒu = hold hands (romance)

Posted on: Soothe your Sole

特长 tè cháng = personal strength; one's special ability or strong points
盥洗 guàn xǐ = to wash up; to freshen up
饮食 yǐn shí = drink and food; diet
推拿 tuī ná = tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)

Posted on: Gap Year

体验 tǐ yàn = to experience for oneself; to experience for the first time
甚至 shèn zhì = So much so that..
离婚证 lí hūn zhèng = divorce certificate
研究生 yán jiū shēng = graduate student; postgraduate student; research student
沿用 yán yòng = to continue to use (old methods); to apply as before; according to usage
统称 tǒng chēng = collectively called; common name; condensed name
开创 kāi chuàng = to initiate; to start; to found
本领 běn lǐng = skill, ability, capability
增长 zēng zhǎng = to grow; to increase
潜台词 qián tái cí = unspoken words in a play (i.e. unambiguously hinted at, but not spoken) (OS = Off Stage??? 批用 P用呢?)
养活 yǎng huo = to provide for; to keep (animals, a family, oneself etc); to feed and clothe
注定 zhù dìng = to be destined; to be fated; to be doomed

Posted on: Donating Blood

归还 guī huán = to return sth; to revert
号召 hào zhào = a call; an appeal (e.g. patriotic); to make such a call
前缀 qián zhuì = prefix (linguistics)
疑惑 yí huò = to doubt; to distrust; unconvincing; to puzzle over; misgivings; suspicions
维他命 wéi tā mìng = vitamin (loanword)
输血 shū xuè = to transfuse blood; to give aid and support
贫血 pín xuè = anaemia
加快 jiā kuài = to accelerate; to speed up
补充 bǔ chōng = to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary.
赵本山 Zhào Běn shān = Zhao Benshan, universally known PRC TV comedian
小品 xiǎo pǐn = skit, sketch
惭愧 cán kuì = feel ashamed or abashed; guilty conscience
辅导员 fǔ dǎo yuán = coach; academic counsellor
例假 lì jià = legal holiday; menstrual period
通货膨胀 tōng huò péng zhàng = inflation

Posted on: Gap Year

I am not sure I heard that 咱们 was more common in the North. I definitely heard it about 俺们 though, would you be thinking of that?

Posted on: 京东众筹

Just a little plea for Jenny to try extra hard to filter out any English. All the following words an expressions appeared in this lesson in English:

crowd funding, business model, revenue model, essentially, in essence, you know, factory, business, manufacturers, advanced, it's not a physical location, field, wolf, smoke, anyway, the by-product of this, investor, stock options, equity shares, idea, e-commerce, smart hardware, wearables, money, criminal offence, illegally, pragmatic, profit driven

It is very easy to understand how this can happen as the format of upper intermediate and advanced classes have become similar recently with two Chinese presenters (which is great), so it must be very easy to lose track of what level show you are recording. It is probably the case that some of these business terms are used directly in English even between Chinese people and it is much easier to say "revenue model" than try to explain the concept (I had to Google it anyway to find out what it was), but from a learning point of view to have it described in Chinese would be much more useful. Also there is another aspect which is that hearing something in English always throws me slightly as I find myself unloading one language chip and loading up another. It is impressive how Jenny can flit between the two and very useful at intermediate and upper intermediate level, but where I am right now, struggling to get a grip on the advanced level, it paradoxically seems easier to me to follow the classes when they are all in Chinese.

Posted on: An Anniversary Surprise

That's strange, I had quite the opposite impression. I thought he seemed very natural and comfortable speaking Chinese too.

Posted on: 高考替考事件

Some more supplementary vocab I think I heard...

烧开 shāo kāi = to boil

高科技 gāo kē jì = high tech; high technology

水准 shuǐ zhǔn = horizontal; level; fig. moral standard

迎面 yíng miàn = directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind)

加倍处罚 = punished extra severely

总归 zǒng guī = eventually; after all; anyhow

做官 zuò guān = to take an official post; to become a government employee

作风 zuò fēng = style; style of work; way