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Shanghai's Luwan District published a controversial "Bilingual Instruction of Luwan District for Expo" phrasebook with English terms and Chinese characters approximating pronunciation: "Good morning! ( 古得猫宁 )" [pronounced gǔ dé māo níng ] (which could be literally translated as "ancient cat tranquility") and "I'm sorry ...
In Taiwan, speakers may use a more traditional 早安 zǎo'ān to say 'good morning', whereas mainland speakers generally default to 早上好 zǎoshang hǎo, for instance. [110] Both words are acceptable in either dialect. Likewise, words with the same literal meaning in either dialect may differ in register.
Chinese Internet slang (Chinese: 中国网络用语; pinyin: zhōngguó wǎngluò yòngyǔ) refers to various kinds of Internet slang used by people on the Chinese Internet. It is often coined in response to events, the influence of the mass media and foreign culture, and the desires of users to simplify and update the Chinese language.
Chinese greeting (Fist-and-palm) practised by Tsai Ing-wen, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) The most common Chinese greeting, Gongshou, features the right fist placed in the palm of the left hand and both shaken back and forth two or three times, it may be accompanied by a head nod or bow. The gesture may be used on meeting and ...
“Good morning is a contradiction of terms.” — Jim Davis “Everyone wants me to be a morning person. I could be one, only if morning began after noon.”
to say three in the morning and four in the evening always changing (new meaning), a change without any substantive difference (original meaning) See Zhuangzi: 井底之蛙 (jǐng dǐ zhī wā) a frog in the bottom of the well a person with limited outlook See Zhuangzi: 磨杵成針 (mó chǔ chéng zhēn) grind an iron bar down to a fine needle
Rooster. Birth years of the Rooster: 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 Next year of the Rooster: 2029 One can literally and figuratively set their clock by the Rooster, a sign ...
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