Archive for August 23rd, 2008

Chinese Characters: astronomy 天文学

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

astronomy:

Chinese Pinyin: tian1 wen2 xue2

(Source: about.com)

Learn Chinese Podcast – Happy China 244

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

客家人无论到哪都要先修建祠堂

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客家人的民居从整体上看是由两个回字组成的

客家为抵御敌人,在房子墙壁上都凿了小洞

    在中国的福建、广东等地方,有一个被称作客家人的群体。In China’s Fujian and Guangdong areas,there is a community called Hakka.

(Source: cctv.com) 

Chinese Pinyin – ba (扒)

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

扒: [ pá, pā, bā ]  
[ 国标码:B0C7 部首: 笔画:5 笔顺:12134 ]

1. rake
2. climb
3. pull (out)
4. to strip
5. hold on to
6. cling to
7. dig up
8. push aside

例句与用法:
1. 你那只狗竟然把我的水仙花全给出来了。
  That dog of yours has been and dug up all my daffodils!
 
2. 在公共汽车上要谨防手。
  Please guard against pickpockets on the bus.
 
3. 那攀登者不得不紧着悬崖峭壁。
  The climber had to cling onto the cliff.
 
4. 他告诉我们要小心扒手。
  He warned us against pickpockets.

(Source: dict.cn)