Tag: Chinese Conversation

Chat attack A: Do you have any plans for the National Day holiday? 国庆节什么计划？ (ɡuóqìnɡjié shénme jìhuà?) B: I want

Chinese idiom

人才辈出
Men of talent come out in succession
(rén cái bèi chū)

Chat attack  A: Excuse me, are there tickets left for the movie Prometheus?
请问《普罗米修斯》还有票么？
(qǐngwèn pǔluómǐxiūsī háiyǒu piào me?)

Beijing dialect

犄角旮旯(jī jiǎo gā lár)
Every corner of a place A: I can’t find my key anywher.

Word on street  蹭父母

(cènɡ fù mǔ)Freeload off of the parents A: How is it going with your job hunt?

A: What’s up? You look so tired.

发生了什么事？你看上去很疲倦。(fāshēnɡ le shénme shì? nǐ kànshànɡqù hěn píjuàn.) 

(èr bā nián huá)

Sweet sixteen
 A: I miss those good old days.

真怀念以前的好日子啊。

(zhēn huáiniàn yǐqián de hǎorìzi a.)  

买房
(mǎi fánɡ)
Buying an apartment 

A: How do you like this place?
你觉得这儿怎么样？

膈应

(ɡè yinɡ)

Feel uncomfortable A: Look what I’ve got for Li’s birthday!

瞧瞧我给小李准备的生日礼物。

(qiáoqiao wǒ ɡěi xiǎolǐ zhǔnbèi de shēnɡrì lǐwù.)

狗不理专业 (ɡǒu bù lǐ zhuān yè ) Majors which are useful when job hunting but unpopular at university A: I