Archive for September 8th, 2010

Chinese Conversation – Getting a promotion 获得提升 – Learn Mandarin online

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Getting a promotion
A: Hey, Doug! How’d it go at that meeting yesterday? I know you were pretty anxious about it.
B: Fantastic! I got the promotion!
A: Great! When do you take over?
B: After the new year.

获得提升
A:嘿,道格!昨天的会开得怎么样了?我知道这让你盼望已久了。
B:棒极了!我被提升了。
A:太好了。你什么时候接管工作?
B:新年以后。

Chinese Online Class – Popular words – Learn Chinese

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

săo huáng dă fēi
扫黄打非
eliminate/crack down on pornography and illegal publications

wăng luò gōng jī
网络攻击
cyber attack

hù lián wăng zì yóu
互联网自由
Internet freedom

xī wàng gōng chéng
希望工程
Project Hope, a fund initiated by China Youth Development Foundation and the Communist Youth League Central Committee for supporting children of poor families to continue their education.

diào yú gōng chéng
钓鱼工程
badly mismanaged and grossly over-budget projects, wasteful projects, black-hole projects

zhèng jì gōng chéng
政绩工程
vanity projects

xíng xiàng gōng chéng
形象工程
image projects

dòu fu zhā gōng chéng
豆腐渣工程
jerry-built projects