Sunday, March 05, 2006

Chinese sayings

You'll probably need to install Chinese fonts to be able to read this post. I'll add more sayings as soon as I learn more, and push the post up.

  1. 肚 子 疼 不 是 病,有泼 屎,没 垃 净 - du zi teng bu shi bing, you po shi, mei la jing.
    Stomach ache is not an illness, it means you haven't been to restroom yet.


  2. 听 我 的,准 不 错 - Ting wo de, zhun bu cuo.
    Listen to me, you won't be wrong.

  3. 一 日 夫 妻 百 日 恩 - Yi ri fu qi bai ri en.
    Once being a couple, even only one day, each person should be appreciated by the other.

  4. 窈 窕 淑 女 , 君 子 好 逑 - Yao tiao shu nu, jun zi hao qiu.
    Every gentleman like beautiful and gracious woman.

  5. 船 到 桥 头 自 然 直- Chuan dao qiao tou zi ran zhi.
    Don’t be afraid when some bad things happen, if you meet some difficulties, don’t worry too much about the conequences, because everything will have an predicted answer and result. Just like the ship will be straight when it stops at wharf.
    This sentence is usually used when you want to comfort somebody at his difficult time.

  6. 爱 屋 及 乌 - Ai wu ji wu.
    If you like someone, you will naturally like his or her surrounding people or things.

  7. 心 急 吃 不 了 热 豆 腐 - Xin ji chi bu liao re dou fu.
    If you are worried very much, you still can not eat hot and mature bean curd. It infer that when you are in trouble, however you feel worried and anxious, it’s in vain. You should keep your heart quietly.

  8. 好 好 学 习,天 天 向 上 - Hao hao xue xi, tian tian xiang shang.
    Good good study, day day up.

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