China Hope Live » Chinese take-out http://chinahopelive.net A cross-cultural adventure with the personal side of China Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:54:55 +0000 en hourly 1 丑闻 http://chinahopelive.net/2010/03/03/%e4%b8%91%e9%97%bb http://chinahopelive.net/2010/03/03/%e4%b8%91%e9%97%bb#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:11:08 +0000 Joel http://chinahopelive.net/?p=5073 Pronounced: chǒu wén
Literally: shameful/ugly/disgraceful news
Means: scandal

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Means: the Vancouver Winter Olympics

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Literally: spring move
Means: the Chinese New Year travel season, a.k.a. the largest human migration on earth, when millions upon millions of Chinese overload China’s transport systems as they travel home for the traditional Spring Festival family reunion. (More photos here.)

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.Share/Bookmark]]> http://chinahopelive.net/2010/02/11/%e6%98%a5%e8%bf%90/feed 0 避邪 http://chinahopelive.net/2010/02/04/%e9%81%bf%e9%82%aa http://chinahopelive.net/2010/02/04/%e9%81%bf%e9%82%aa#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:17:23 +0000 Joel http://chinahopelive.net/?p=5027 Pronounced: bì xié
Literally: avoid evil (avoid evil/malevolent spirits)
Means: Why you’re supposed to wear red underwear during Spring Festival.

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Literally: food dog
Means: the kind of dog eaten in China.
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.Share/Bookmark]]> http://chinahopelive.net/2010/01/27/%e8%8f%9c%e7%8b%97/feed 0 拿拿龙 http://chinahopelive.net/2010/01/21/%e6%8b%bf%e6%8b%bf%e9%be%99 http://chinahopelive.net/2010/01/21/%e6%8b%bf%e6%8b%bf%e9%be%99#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:11:37 +0000 Joel http://chinahopelive.net/?p=4874 Pronounced: náná lóng
Means: (1) to fix a bike wheel by making it round/straight again.
(2) to “teach someone a lesson” or “fix somebody’s wagon” — it’s Tianjin trash talk before a fight: “Step outside and I’ll fix your wheel!” “出去，我给你拿拿龙！”

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