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Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 8th May 2008, 07:53 PM

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from watching healthy olympics living something or rather today and an interesting segment about
胃病:

幽门 you1men2: Pylorus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pylorus)

and while we are on 幽, let's also go...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 4th May 2008, 06:19 PM

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盘根错节pán gēn cuò jié: w/ twisted roots and gnarled branches ~ complicated and difficult
to deal with.. (sounds like an useful chengyu to me)
三七 san1qi1: pseudo ginseng or Sanchi see here...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 23rd April 2008, 02:31 PM

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掰手腕: bai1shou3wan4: arm wrestle
皴:cun1: (skin) chapped from the cold:小孩子的手皴了 (however, if you wanna say chapped
lips, should use 裂 lie4: chapped/cracked 嘴唇裂了 instead...)

these are from the list of...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 22nd April 2008, 12:46 PM

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these aren't thaaat random, but somewhat useful.

Panchen Lama 班禪喇嘛 ban1chan2la3ma5
to lose one's hearing: 失聪 shi1cong1

These were just from a practice exam I took the other day...:(



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 17th April 2008, 05:47 PM

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稠 chou2: thick or dense

ie. 如何才能让自己熬的大米粥又浓又稠
of course there are other usages, but it seems to be used to describe porridge often.

Anyway this all came up when talking about the drink 营养快线...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 16th April 2008, 08:20 PM

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hehehe...we need a computer game that shoots down characters when we get the tone correct.

anyway, this lil' tone exercise did lead me to another random word:

天平 tian1ping2, a balance, where the...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 16th April 2008, 07:52 PM

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hmmm third tone!?
it says forth here
(http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddictbasic&wdqb=%E9%AB%AE%E8%BE%AE&wdrst=0)

I'm gonna look at a different dictionary now too though..
ok,...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 16th April 2008, 07:29 PM

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I'm 'pretty' sure fa is 4th tone here...
true, this can be a bit confusing if it was in simplified since it's just written as 发 however
since this is fa as in toufa here it should be 4th.....



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 16th April 2008, 02:17 PM

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this will be by far the most useful word on this thread:

鱼嘴鞋: yu2zui3xie2: open toe shoes, like these
(http://www.enet.com.cn/elady/fashion/DIY/xie/200505/20050525103292_1.shtml)

oh yeah, and on...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 15th April 2008, 05:35 PM

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造孽： zao4nie4 do evil, commit a sin: from 错爱，a tv series that i find really disturbing
for some reason, yet still don't just switch to another channel...(i think their 后妈is kinda
crazy:( )

沦：lun2:...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 25th March 2008, 03:25 PM

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Random new word of the day

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Posted By heifeng


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here we go, since Chinese forums is dominated by men, I present today's random words, taken from
the TV program 中年男性三杀手 (http://news.cctv.com/taiwan/20080311/106923.shtml)

冠心病 guan1xin1bing coronary...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 21st March 2008, 11:35 AM

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ok, my selections for the week
耷拉 da1la1, droopy (http://life.people.com.cn/BIG5/61941/4445581.html)
押解 ya1jie4 (yes its 4th tone here) escort a prisoner
赎金 shu2jin1 ransom money
鼠疮 shu3chuang1 some...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 12th March 2008, 12:23 PM

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random words, always a highlight of the day:mrgreen: here we go
狼毫 lang2hao2 a writing brush mad of weasel's hair, not to be confused by 狼嚎lang2hao2, the
howl of a wolf:mrgreen:
鬃毛zong1mao2: hair (on...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 11th March 2008, 12:19 PM

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somewhat related to the kitty one above, here's my word:

臊气: sao1qi4: foul smell, like cat urine (http://www.chongwu123.com/mao/1823.html)or something
like that. Unfortunately lately on public...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 6th March 2008, 12:26 PM

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Posted By heifeng


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ok today I actually decided to implement a new rule: be more inquisitive and ask what everything
is called. (Ok, normally I try to do this..but then I get lazy.) Anyway, I finally know what this
is...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 5th March 2008, 12:19 PM

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Random new word of the day

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Posted By heifeng


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yeah, another random word enthusiast...lemme see...

袖珍人xiu4zhen1ren2: a little person, aka, a nice way to say a dwarf...

on the subject of tones...yeah, my apologies in that I should be more...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 29th February 2008, 12:08 PM

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Random new word of the day

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ok, so I've selected some random words from my random word stash for the week curtesy PCS
preparation. Here are the winners:

潄口 shu4kou3: gargle...yeah now I actually know what character this...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 21st February 2008, 11:31 AM

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love the rant! now we will all remember how to say this type of misalignment in both senses of the
word heheh. That is indeed an interesting fact about high altitudes...I would've just thought
there...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 31st January 2008, 12:29 PM

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Posted By heifeng


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here's one:

袖珍人xiu4zhen1ren2: a little person



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 22nd January 2008, 11:45 AM

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Random new word of the day

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Posted By heifeng


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ok, I have accumulated some really random ones:

襟兄 jin1xiong1, brothers-in-law, whose wives are sisters

烙印lao4yin4 to brand (as in to brand cattle), a brand，but can also be used...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 2nd January 2008, 10:46 AM

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hhaha how cute...kinda like the crab's "肚脐" （belly button）....sounds like a random word
that I'll remember:mrgreen:



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 27th December 2007, 04:01 PM

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撕票：si1piao4: to kill a hostage or a person kidnapped/held for ransom.
(here (http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/2539866.html?fr=qrl3))

oh yeah it's from 重案六组...which, fyi, is not a good soap opera...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 20th November 2007, 06:04 PM

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Random new word of the day

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Posted By heifeng


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[edit: To Lu, after her challenging translation]

轩尼诗 VSOP ( 我的痛快!) (xuan1ni2shi1)
Henessy VSOP

Where:
On 星空network every signal night past 10pm....AND during every single commercial break (Why
is...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 19th November 2007, 01:58 PM

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Posted By heifeng


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here are some not so useful words...but fun...and really random

猫王mao1wang4 elvis

肌肉萎缩 ji1rou4 wei3suo1 muscle atrophy

血友病 xue4you3bing4 hemophilia

獴 meng3 meercat/mongoose type(I dunno...



Forum: Grammar and Vocabulary 9th November 2007, 11:21 AM

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血腥: xue4xing1 very bloody/violent
for example: 驻伊美军遭遇最血腥的一年

and

百老汇: Broadway



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