Chinese language vocabulary 汉语词汇 打交道 (dǎ jiāodao) to come into contact with
打交道 (dǎ jiāodao) to come into contact with
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Learn Chinese – 杯弓蛇影
杯弓蛇影(bēi gōng shé yǐng) 杯弓蛇影,古汉语中的一个成语,也是一个典故,出自应劭《风俗通义·怪神》,应郴请杜宣饮酒,挂在墙上的弓映在酒杯里,杜宣以为杯中有蛇,疑心喝下了蛇心忧而病,应劭听说杜宣生病后来看望杜宣,杜宣看到墙上的弓后病就好了,后用“杯弓蛇影”比喻疑神疑鬼,妄自惊扰。 bēi gōng shé yǐng ,gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng de yī gè chéng yǔ ,yě shì
[Learning Chinese] Athletes forced to give up meat
He’s worried if the athletes eat the meat of animals that were raised on feed containing clenbuterol , they may end up being disqualified from competition by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
见鬼 (jiànguǐ) absurd; damn; go to hell Usage: “见鬼”的字面意思是看见鬼。这个词有两个比喻义:一是比喻很奇怪,不符合情理;二是比喻毁灭,消亡。说话人常带
背黑锅 (bēi hēiguō) to take blame for the fault of others:be made a scapegoat
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Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – 潜水 Diving
潜水
Pinyin: qiánshuǐ
Meaning:Diving
Sentence:潜水员穿着潜水衣正在水下工作。The young diver is working under the water with a diving suit.
[Learning Chinese] What's a birth worth?
By this token, some joked that if former NBA star Yao Ming and his wife Ye Li planned to have more children, they could face an SMF fine of 1.4 billion yuan ($222.9 million) in Shanghai. If their children were born in Beijing, a city with one of the country’s harshest penalties for breaches of the family planning policy, they could be charged 4.6 billion yuan, roughly 20 times their annual income.
Learn Chinese Idiom – 揭竿而起[jiē gān ér qǐ]
揭竿而起. The English meaning: catch a fire;rise up in arms; raise a rebellion; raise the standard against the government;raise the
Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – 铁轨 Rail
铁轨
Pinyin: tiěguǐ
Meaning:Rail
Sentence:营长命令士兵们沿铁轨排开。The battalion commander lined his men along the railway.
Chinese language vocabulary 见鬼 (jiànguǐ)go to hell
见鬼 (jiànguǐ) absurd; damn; go to hellUsage: Sentences:
[Learning Chinese] Viral piracy
The 23-year old bank clerk, surnamed Zhang, never thought that he would become a victim of piracy . Zhang had been posting witty reviews under his alternate identity of "Mr Q" on Sina Weibo, China’s twitter like microblogging service. But it was only when he posted a review of popular Chinese TV series Tale of Zhenhuan on douban.com, that he discovered he had sailed out into unprotected waters.