Archive for November 17th, 2008

Chinese Conversation – lesson 263

Monday, November 17th, 2008

崔佛:我可以做出比这个更好吃的冰淇淋。
小薇:你会做冰淇淋?
崔佛:是啊。很简单。只需要冰、盐、鲜奶油、牛奶和糖。
小薇:所以全部加在一起,然后砰一声,冰淇淋就好了,是吧?
崔佛:错。需要把材料放进冰淇淋制造机。早期的机器是靠一支把手操作。
小薇:听起来很累。
崔佛:还蛮好玩的。每个想吃冰淇淋的人都得来摇两下把手。

Trev: I can make better ice cream than this.
Wei: You can make ice cream?
Trev: Yeah. It’s easy. All you need is ice, salt, cream, milk and sugar.
Wei: So you just put it all together and bam, you have ice cream, right?
Trev: Wrong. You have to put it into an ice cream maker. Old-style ones were operated with a hand crank.
Wei: That sounds tiring.
Trev: It’s kind of fun. Everybody has to do a little cranking if they want some ice cream.

(Source: wwenglish.com)

Chinese Pinyin – bei (背)

Monday, November 17th, 2008
背    [bèi, bēi] 
国标码:B1B3 部首:月 笔画:9 笔顺:211352511
to be burdened
to carry on the back or shoulder

例句与用法:

  1. 我的疼得要命。
    My back is killing me.
  2. 上的重负似乎要把他压倒在地。
    The burden on his back seemed to be crushing him to the earth.
  3. 我看到鞭痕从他上隆起。
    I saw weals raise on his back.
  4. 凶手把刀刺进她的部,杀害了她。
    The murderer killed her by thrusting a knife in her back.
  5. 在我回家的路上,他在我上拍了一下。
    He slapped me on the back on my way home.
  6. 如果你那些沉重的桶,你的背会痛的。
    You’ll make your back ache if you carry those heavy buckets.
  7. 他斜靠在沙发的上。
    He leant on the back of the sofa.
  8. 他在我上拍了一下,请我去喝酒。
    He gave me a clap on the back and invited me for a drink

 (Source: dict.cn)

Chinese Characters:Bodhisattva (Buddhism):菩萨

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Bodhisattva (Buddhism):

Chinese Pinyin: pu2 sa4

(Source: about.com)