My Chinese tutor and I got a bit philosophical last week. It began when we were discussing vocabulary that had to do with having enough time. (Look for this in a future post). She taught me the idiom Continue Reading
Chinese Lesson Blurb: One Handed Counting Idioms
Idioms in any language are phrases that are not well explained by literal translation. I have been introduced to some counting idioms as my Chinese tutor and I work on translating my (English version) Continue Reading
When the Chicken Tries to Talk with the Duck 雞同鴨講: a Chinese Idiom
當我跟中文老師聊天關於我在墨西哥度假說不同語言的經驗時， (當)(我)(跟)(中文)(老師)(聊天)(關於)... (ㄉㄤ)(ㄨㄛˇ)(ㄍㄣ)(ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ)(ㄌㄠˇ ㄕ)(ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ)(ㄍㄨㄢ ㄩˊ) (dāng)(wǒ)(gēn)(zhōng wén)(lǎo shī)(liáo tiān)(guān yú) (just at)(I)(with)(Chinese Continue Reading
44 Rock Lions, a Chinese Tongue Twister 四十四隻石獅子 ，一個中文繞口令
四十四隻石獅子 ，一個中文繞口令 (四十)(四)(隻)(石)(獅子) ，(一個)(中文)(繞口令) (ㄙˋ ㄕˊ)(ㄙˋ)(ㄓ)(ㄕˊ)(ㄕ ㄗ) ， (ㄧ ㄍㄜ˙)(ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ)(ㄖㄠˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄥˋ) (sì shí)(sì)(zhī)(shí)(shī zi.), (yī ge.)(zhōng wén)(rào kŏu lìng) (four tens)(four)(MW❶ for Continue Reading
Daoism 無為 versus Nike 做就對了 in Old Chinese Script
The photo below showed up in my Facebook feed, so I figured I would try to translate it. It looks like a photo of a section of an ancient Chinese document. (I added the text/explanations to the Continue Reading
How to Know if You Are Off the Scale Hot 怎麼知道你自己熱的指數破表了 in Chinese
(Being edited as of August 7, 2018. The only audio is still below) How to Know if You Are Off the Scale Hot in Chinese 怎麼知道你自己熱的指數破表了 (怎麼)(知道)(你)(自己)(熱)(的)❶(指數)(破表)(了) (ㄗㄣˇ ㄇㄜ˙)(ㄓ ㄉㄠˋ)(ㄋㄧˇ)(ㄗˋ Continue Reading