business (trade):
Chinese Pinyin: sheng1 yi4
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Chinese Characters: business (trade):生意
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008Chinese Conversation – lesson 293
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008然而，如果这一切成为可能的话，那么将会出现一些非常令人困惑的逻辑混乱……比如，如果某人或某物逆时间旅行并改变随之发生的情况，那会发生什么情况呢？又比如说，你是否曾听说过这样的事情——一位时间旅行者在时间隧道中穿梭往返，利用各种医学技术使自己成为自己的父亲和母亲？还有，如果时间旅行成为可能，未来的所有人都会在哪里呢？他们肯定想来见见我们这些滞留在21世纪的可怜人。
If it were possible, however, it would present some pretty knotty paradoxes… For example, what if someone or something traveled back in time and changed the ensuing future? And have you heard the one about the time traveler who dots back and forward in time and by means of various medical technologies is able to be his own father AND mother?! And besides, if time travel is possible, where are all the people from the future–surely they’d want to come and meet us poor stranded 21st century beings?
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Cri – Lesson 175
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008B: Rembrandt did portraits, Van Gogh loved landscapes and we’re doing the kitchen, painting, diy style, da jia hao, I’m the new host R, and this is Chinese Studio.
Y: ni hao R, get u a Chinese name later… wo shi Y, with the brushes, paints and a few keywords to mix in.
Key words of the day
to paint 刷漆. sandpaper,砂纸, a hardware store, 五金店，use ceramic titles,贴瓷砖 The walls need sanding. 墙需要打磨一下。All in today’s Chinese Studio.
B: I heard that you there was a little fire last week.
Y: yes, it happened in the chu2 fang2, the kitchen, and it was really a blessing in disguise. We can paint a new color, and who knows it just might improve the cooking too. To paint in Chinese is: shua1 qi1.
B: shua1 qi1.
Y: shua1 means brush,
B: shua1,
Y: qi1 means the paint,
B: qi1,
Y: shua1 qi1.
B: shua1 qi1. to paint, let’s paint the kitchen….
Y: Actually we Chinese like to use ceramic titles instead of paint to decorate kitchen.
B: How do you say that in Chinese?
Y: it’s “tie1 ci2 zhuan1”
B: tie1 ci2 zhuan1
Y: tie1 means to paste,
B: tie1
Y: ci2 means ceramic,
B: ci2,
Y: zhuan1 means tiles,
B: zhuan1,
Y: tie1 ci2 zhuan1
B: tie1 ci2 zhuan1, to use ceramic titles,
Conversation 1
A: 你想刷漆还是贴瓷砖？
B: 还是贴瓷砖吧。
B: If we’re going to paint the walls, I think the walls need sanding,
Y: Glad you offered, tell me in Chinese this time 墙需要打磨一下。
B: qiang2 xu1 yao4 da3 mo2 yi2 xia4.
Y: qiang2 means walls in Chinese,
B: qiang2,
Y: xu1 yao4 means need,
B: xu1 yao4,
Y: da3 mo2 means to sand, to polish,
B: da3 mo2,
Y: yi2 xia4 are used after a verb, indicating an act or an attempt,
B: yi2 xia4,
Y: qiang2 xu1 yao4 da3 mo2 yi2 xia4.
B: qiang2 xu1 yao4 da3 mo2 yi2 xia4. the walls need sanding,
Conversation 2
A: 墙需要打磨一下。
B: 好吧，我来帮你。
B: To sand the walls, we need to use sandpaper…Y, Do you use the words sand and paper and put them together as we do in English?
Y: Yes. sha1 zhi3, sandpaper. sha1 means sand in Chinese,
B: sha1,
Y: and zhi3 means paper,
B: zhi3,
Y: sha1 zhi3,
B: sha1 zhi3, sandpaper. I think we need to buy some sandpaper. Where can we get it?
Y: From a hardware store. In Chinese we call it, wu3 jin1 dian4,
B: wu3 jin1 dian4,
Y: wu3 jin1 literally means “five metals”,
B: wu3 jin1,
Y: dian4 means shop,
B: dian4,
Y: wu3 jin1 dian4
B: wu3 jin1 dian4, a hardware store,
Conversation 3
A: 哪儿有卖砂纸的？
B: 楼下五金店就有。
B: This sanding business is hard work, time for a piss break.
Y: And also time for today’s question. How do you say “ The walls need sanding.” in Chinese?
B: And I’m sure you can DIY in an email, write to us, with the correct answer, to Chinese@crifm.com. Mingtian jian.
Y: Mingtian jian.
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