Chinese Language Weekly Newsletter - Friday, February 27, 2015

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Top new questions this week: Is there a "Peking Opera dialect"? Peking Opera has a distinct pronunciation, that is at first similar to Mandarin, but to astute listeners, certain characters appear to have alternate or even non-Mandarin pronunciations. Take certain ... mandarin dialect culture   asked by congusbongus 9 votes answered by 倪阔乐 4 votes Is there a difference between 復習 and 複習? Both words have the same pronunciation, and cdict and some other dictionaries list them as variants of each other. I note that when I try to type it on Google Pinyin Chinese IME, 複習 comes up and 復習 ... vocabulary difference hanzi   asked by wuerling 3 votes answered by user1228520 2 votes How can 蔫 be translated as "mischievous"? 《饥饿的女儿》虹影 著 ch. 2, sect. 4 has the following text: 在学校, 最蔫的男同学对我也没兴趣, is translated by Howard Goldblatt as: "even the most mischievous boys in class showed little or no interest in me". How is this ... translation   asked by S.Rhee 3 votes answered by Master Sparkles 1 vote What is the meaning of 摸着石头过河 I have: 哪里呀，我也是没办法，摸着石头过河罢了！ Is 摸着石头过河 'tapping in the dark'? No, I don't know how, I'm still tapping in the dark. meaning   asked by Pedroski 2 votes answered by user1228520 5 votes Translation: 'Overwhelm' Overwhelm is a difficult word to deal with. I've seen 难不倒 translated as wouldn't have overwhelmed and XX 劳力 大 as something's power being overwhelming. Oxford has 难以忍受的 (heat, pressure) ... translation usage   asked by user3306356 2 votes answered by Saihantal 1 vote Translating "哩哏楞" In the TV drama 追捕 第3集 梁队 (梁志群队张) and 鲁队 (鲁炼) are in 贺局's office discussing the case, and at 27:54 梁队 says to 鲁队: 甭给我来这个哩哏楞. (Dialog especially of the police officers consists mainly of Beijing ... translation   asked by S.Rhee 2 votes answered by songyuanyao 4 votes What does 唐乐乐 mean? In the context of "唐乐乐睁开眼睛，看着头上陌生的天花板。" What would be the meaning of the phrase "唐乐乐"? While I understand the rest of the sentence perfectly, this bit makes no sense to me. Thanks for any help! vocabulary phrase   asked by s-cat-z 2 votes answered by monalisa 3 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: Techniques for learning and retaining characters For many of us, memorizing characters is a difficult thing. In Chinese, just because you can speak the word doesn't mean you can read it. Just because you can read it doesn't mean you can write it. At ... writing learning characters   asked by mugetsu 13 votes answered by dusan 17 votes How to say "Please, go in front of me" when standing in a queue? Imagine You stand in a queue in a super market and you want to let the person behind you in front of you. I have tried to translate it these ways: 请，在我前 去 吧 (putting only an adverbial in front ... translation syntax direction-complement   asked by meireikei 8 votes answered by Patrick 11 votes

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