Archive for July 18th, 2010

Chinese Pinyin – 渣[zhā] – HSK

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

dregs

例句与用法:

  1. 滓都沉到瓶底了。The dregs have settled at the bottom of the bottle.
  2. 这些罪犯都是社会的滓。These criminals are the dregs of society.

互动百科:

渣: broken bits; dregs; residue; sediment;zhā(1)(形声。从水,查声。本义:滓,物质经提炼或使用后的残余部分)(2)同本义 【dregs;offscouri… 详情
(Source: dict.cn)

Business Chinese – Talking about appearance 谈论人的外表 – Chinese School

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Talking about appearance
A: Hi, Ellen. That outfit looks terrific!
B: Thanks, Jim. I didn’t think guys paid attention to stuff like that.
A: No, we just don’t usually admit it!
B: Well, thanks for the compliment anyway!

谈论人的外表
A:嗨,爱伦。这身外套真棒。
B:谢谢,吉姆。我不知道男孩子也会注意这类事情。
A:不是不注意,只不过通常不承认罢了。
B:不管怎么样,谢谢你的夸奖。

(Source: wwenglish.com)