http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?app=blog Community Blog List Syndication Wed, 16 May 2012 10:37:03 +0000 admin@chinese-forums.com (Chinese-forums.com) IP.Blog 60 http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/2/entry-521-yacts/
Easy question:

1) What is the Chinese name for the invention that would eliminate the need for this sign?]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 10:08:00 +0000 http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/2/entry-521-yacts/ http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/46/entry-520-seeing-%e6%89%a3/
Just happened to me with 扣. Saw it on an airplane (context was something like "请坐后扣好安全带"), and I...]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 12:48:00 +0000 http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/46/entry-520-seeing-%e6%89%a3/ http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/2/entry-518-from-lyon/
1. What is written on the big character? How are the small characters arranged?

2. What characters (traditional / simplified) are used on the poster?

Side story about a scam - outside the Cathedral Notre Dame in Lyon, different young...]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 03:24:00 +0000 http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/2/entry-518-from-lyon/ http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/73/entry-517-%e6%8c%91%e6%88%9861%ef%bc%9abig-robot-out-of-order-descriptions/
Put the lines back into their proper...]]> Sat, 05 May 2012 15:24:00 +0000 http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/73/entry-517-%e6%8c%91%e6%88%9861%ef%bc%9abig-robot-out-of-order-descriptions/ http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/73/entry-514-%e6%8c%91%e6%88%9860%ef%bc%9aa-day-a-jiong-comic-quiz/

1. What does JJ mean?
2. What does 咪咪 mean?
3. What Chinese word does JJ stand for?

Source: 一日一囧四格漫画]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:33:00 +0000 http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/73/entry-514-%e6%8c%91%e6%88%9860%ef%bc%9aa-day-a-jiong-comic-quiz/ http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/73/entry-512-%e6%8c%91%e6%88%9859%ef%bc%9aif-i-was-a-bunny-out-of-order-translation/ If I Was a Bunny

Unscramble the characters in the following translation.

If I was a bunny
是子假我只兔设
I would get stuff for free just because of my...]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:01:00 +0000 http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/73/entry-512-%e6%8c%91%e6%88%9859%ef%bc%9aif-i-was-a-bunny-out-of-order-translation/ http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/73/entry-510-%e6%8c%91%e6%88%9858%ef%bc%9akiss-me-deadly-scrambled-translation/ Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford
The following is a line-by-line translation of the lyrics, but the characters are scrambled. Fix them.

I went to a party last Saturday night
六一我参加星了上个场对期派
I didn't get laid, I got in a...]]> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:48:00 +0000 http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/73/entry-510-%e6%8c%91%e6%88%9858%ef%bc%9akiss-me-deadly-scrambled-translation/ http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/73/entry-509-%e6%8c%91%e6%88%9857%ef%bc%9a%e5%93%a5%e6%96%af%e6%8b%89%e4%bf%b3%e5%8f%a5-broken-translation/
Fix the translation of this Godzilla haiku.

http://godzillahaiku...st/450472124/18

我们永远是朋友
但是这个幸福过去以后
你会成为我的爱人

Here are the original lines:
For now we are friends
But when this crisis is past
You shall be my...]]> Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/73/entry-509-%e6%8c%91%e6%88%9857%ef%bc%9a%e5%93%a5%e6%96%af%e6%8b%89%e4%bf%b3%e5%8f%a5-broken-translation/ http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/73/entry-508-%e6%8c%91%e6%88%9856%ef%bc%9a%e5%a4%ab%e5%a6%bb%e9%82%a3%e4%ba%9b%e4%ba%8b%e7%89%87%e5%b0%be%e6%9b%b2%e3%80%8a%e7%bb%8f%e8%bf%87%e3%80%8bout-of-order-lyrics/
This song called 经过 by 陈楚生 & 何洁 is from the TV series 夫妻那些事. Personally, I think this song (after listening to it a few times) is more catchy...]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:47:00 +0000 http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/73/entry-508-%e6%8c%91%e6%88%9856%ef%bc%9a%e5%a4%ab%e5%a6%bb%e9%82%a3%e4%ba%9b%e4%ba%8b%e7%89%87%e5%b0%be%e6%9b%b2%e3%80%8a%e7%bb%8f%e8%bf%87%e3%80%8bout-of-order-lyrics/ http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/46/entry-506-%e8%b4%bf%e8%b5%82/
But the phonetic part? 有 != hui4, and 各 != lu4.

I guess if I think of 路, which also has nothing to do with 各/ge4, but at least is pronounced the same...]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:52:00 +0000 http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/blog/46/entry-506-%e8%b4%bf%e8%b5%82/