Dlezcano Posted January 9, 2024 at 01:22 PM Report Share Posted January 9, 2024 at 01:22 PM 雪里红, which is a vegetable that can be marinated. I felt very puzzled the first time I saw it because it isn't red at all, and the sentence was using this vegetable to make a comparison on how greenish the water in a stream was: 山上下来的水像冰一样凉，像腌雪里红一样绿. After checking the word in my dictionary I learned that it is also written 雪里蕻, which seems to be a 生僻字 that only refers to this vegetable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dlezcano Posted January 17, 2024 at 11:23 AM Report Share Posted January 17, 2024 at 11:23 AM 月经带. A menstruation belt. I never heard about this thing before reading Wang Xiaobo's 《革命时期的爱情》. The main character Wang'er comments he used a menstruation belt to create a slingshot-like weapon and thinks about how useful this thing could have been in Ancient Rome: 我还能想到假如X海鹰的橡皮月经带到了古罗马的投石步兵手里，一定会被视若珍宝。 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted February 26, 2024 at 10:24 AM Report Share Posted February 26, 2024 at 10:24 AM 故世 to die, to pass away Not to be confused with 故事 (story), 事故 (accident) or 世故 (world-wise). What a fun language this is! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dlezcano Posted March 27, 2024 at 11:53 AM Report Share Posted March 27, 2024 at 11:53 AM 国字脸 "guo" shaped face; a square-shaped face. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordsuso Posted April 1, 2024 at 02:12 PM Report Share Posted April 1, 2024 at 02:12 PM On 3/27/2024 at 12:53 PM, Dlezcano said: 国字脸 "guo" shaped face; a square-shaped face. I love words that use hanzi to define shapes like 金字塔，十字路口，人字拖，一字... I didn't know that one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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