User Comments - zhenlijiang

Posted on: A Visit to the In-laws

Oh Jenny congratulations!

Is Baby talking already??　（＾◇＾）

Posted on: Merry Christmas!

This is such a treat. 　谢谢你们的这个圣诞礼物！　（＾ｖ＾）b

Posted on: A Special Christmas Gift

Connie says in this discussion:

"Giving a clock as gift is taboo in China, because 送钟 sounds like 送终. But it's OK to give a watch as gift."

送终 is to be present at a parent's deathbed, to bury a parent. It's not that timepieces as gifts are a problem, it's the homophonic (sòngzhōng) 送钟 / 送终 that makes giving clocks a taboo. So wristwatches 手表 (shǒubiǎo) are fine. I would think any kind of clock, including electronic alarm clocks--because they would be 钟--are taboo.

Posted on: 癌症

癌症吗，这两年我好像光想，一直想这个跟我们现代人有切身关系的事情。查了很多文章，讨论过好几次，电视上看了那么多专辑节目和新闻，还替别人设想过，盼望过，伤过脑筋。不知道从哪一方面开口谈好。

“癌症”像“爱”，“音乐”或者“人生”一样广泛嘛。而且对我们大人来说，这个话题不能避而不谈。中文播客终于提起来了！赞！

Posted on: World Cup Football

My apologies Mike, 整容 is of course what John said at 05:32, as a near-same sounding word to 阵容. Sorry about that.

Posted on: Snacks

Sorry about that caw2. 咯 is a modal particle, it's affirmative-exclamatory. When someone sticks it on after 当然 for instance, you know they're emphasizing it (and expect you to have no argument). 当然咯！It makes you sound down-to-earth.

FYI there is a QingWen on 咯 & 啦. 咯 is covered in the first two minutes or so.

Hope this awkward explanation helps some.

Posted on: Snacks

Thanks for your reply Peter. I do understand that no one is at fault here.

At the same time, my concern is that Connie and Jiaojie have been working so hard particularly these past few weeks to answer our many questions. Their efforts should never be wasted.

Posted on: Snacks

OK I give up trying futilely to post in Tech Problems on Site. The disappeared comment + Connie's very thorough reply was from 4 days ago. They were up here just hours ago, and this thread then ran over into 2 pages of comments. I don't know if any other comments also vanished.

Connie must be dismayed too, to see all her hard work just go poof like that. Hope they can be brought back.

Posted on: Snacks

... which has disappeared ...

Posted on: Snacks

Hi caw2, see Connie's reply to the same question from devindraudt, right above (#1).