renzhe Posted June 8, 2009 at 10:05 PM Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 at 10:05 PM 吸血者 = leecher (used for P2P networks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted June 11, 2009 at 10:03 PM Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 at 10:03 PM 看花眼 - be dazzled, imagine you've seen something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrix Posted June 11, 2009 at 11:40 PM Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 at 11:40 PM 皈依 gui1yi1 (convert to Buddhism), converting in general: 改信+name of the religion you're converting to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calibre2001 Posted June 12, 2009 at 01:09 PM Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 at 01:09 PM 先到先得 - first come first serve 售完即止 - subject to stock availability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yersi Posted June 16, 2009 at 11:36 AM Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 at 11:36 AM 窮忙族 qióngmángzú - Working poor. Found in a 聯合報 article about how rising prices are making life difficult for Taiwanese workers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted June 16, 2009 at 03:31 PM Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 at 03:31 PM 崩， bēng, included today for the new (to me) usage: to die, if you're an emperor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted June 16, 2009 at 03:47 PM Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 at 03:47 PM yes, it is commonly seen in 駕崩. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted June 16, 2009 at 03:50 PM Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 at 03:50 PM I have come across the following words quite a bit recently: 默许： mò xǔ to consent tacitly （just bumped into it while reading and in a radio broadcast a few minutes ago...so why not add it here ) also bumped into 瓜葛： guā gé intertwined (as melon and vine plants) / interconnected / association (of two things) in this article and somewhere else over the weekend... "演员中唯一一位没有任何结婚瓜葛的李冰冰，昨天有点故意抢镜。她和刘德华一同来到专访室，两个人咬耳朵聊得满面春风，还故意挤在一张椅子，贴得紧密。而说到自己角色时，李冰冰把话题引到了刘德华身上，说：“我觉得我每次和华哥合作都扮演花痴的角色，其实生活里我不仅被刘德华的外表迷惑，他的工作态度、个性和心灵同样那么吸引我" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted June 18, 2009 at 03:21 AM Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 at 03:21 AM 金砖四国， jīnzhuānsìguó. From the paper this morning, quite a cute one I thought. See if you can guess before checking the answer if you don't know it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yersi Posted June 18, 2009 at 05:23 AM Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 at 05:23 AM BRIC-countries? 手柄 shǒubǐng - controller, joypad (for consoles) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Horhe Posted June 18, 2009 at 05:28 AM Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 at 05:28 AM 消音器 - silencer, I was watching a low-budget Lorenzo Lamas action movie on Chinese cable the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted June 18, 2009 at 07:42 AM Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 at 07:42 AM 什叶派 - Shia muslims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted June 18, 2009 at 10:15 AM Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 at 10:15 AM I've invested quite some money (and am still losing) in 金磚四國 .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted June 22, 2009 at 01:06 PM Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 at 01:06 PM 贺电， hèdiàn, telegram of congratulations, as in China and Ireland 互致贺电 on the anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted June 22, 2009 at 03:12 PM Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 at 03:12 PM 含沙射影 han2sha1she4ying3: to attack sb. by innuendo; to make oblique charges; to make insinuations; to attack by insinuation; to insinuate and here is a cuuuute video I found on it randomly searching on google or you can just read the story behind the chengyu here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted June 23, 2009 at 03:27 AM Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 at 03:27 AM 铁皮坑, tiěpíkēng, scale pit. Y'know, a scale pit! Oh, you don't know what a scale pit is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted June 23, 2009 at 11:15 PM Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 at 11:15 PM (edited) 小九九 = An idea, calculation in mind, a scheme 不要以为别人都不知道你的小九九。 风头 = limelight Edited June 24, 2009 at 12:03 AM by renzhe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted June 25, 2009 at 12:41 PM Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 at 12:41 PM 开源 = open source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted June 25, 2009 at 12:55 PM Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 at 12:55 PM 開源 usually goes with 節流 (cut cost). Together 開源節流 = to increase income and to reduce expenditure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted June 25, 2009 at 01:05 PM Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 at 01:05 PM Yes, but here it's an abbreviation for 开放源代码. I found it on internet forums discussing Linux. Strangely, no online dictionaries had it. Wikipedia does, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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