Re: 情何以堪
情何以堪 [baike.baidu.com]情= 情感 (emotion)何以= (how could)堪= 承受 (to bear)情何以堪= How could one's emotion bear it / emotionally unbearable
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以理服人=persuade through reasoning； convince people by reasoning以力服人= make sb. submit by force；use pressure to browbeat others
View Article清官難審家庭事
HiJust wondering if anyone has heard this phrase清官難審家庭事 is it similar to家家有本難念的經?Thank you
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Quotedelonix87 HiJust wondering if anyone has heard this phrase清官難審家庭事 is it similar to家家有本難念的經?Thank you清官難審家庭事 means "difficult for an outsider to judge affairs in a family"家家有本難念的經 means "each...
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清官難審家庭事 Even an honest and upright official will have difficulty in resolving a family dispute.家家有本难念的经 Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.； Each family has its own problems
View Articlesuperiority complex
'Inferiority complex' is '自卑情結' [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]What is 'superiority complex' then?Should it be 自大情結 or 優越感情結 ?Having a superiority complex can be translated as 自高自大, but '自高自大' is an...
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'Superiority Complex' is rarely used in English - in fact I've never heard it outside of medical journals. There are lots of adjective for someone who think's they are better than others,...
View Article你們為托市而不惜一切利誘大陸移民來港
HiI'm wondering how you would translate this sentence:For the sake of the markets..XXX attract mainland immigrants to HK ?Thank you
View ArticleRe: superiority complex
> Should it be 自大情結 or 優越感情結 ?Both are acceptable. This corresponds to 自卑極自大 or just 死要面 in Cantonese.
View ArticleRe: 你們為托市而不惜一切利誘大陸移民來港
For the sake of holding the market, you have spared no effort in luring mainland immigrants to HK.
View Article上刀山落油鑊
HiI'm just wondering if this is a phrase? It seems to come up a lot in google searches but it seems difficult to translate.Thank you上刀山落油鑊
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上刀山落油鑊In Chinese folklore 上刀山 and 落油鑊 are punishments in hell.The phrase literally means " go up the hill of Knives; go down the frying pot" -- meaning "endure hell" (willingly for someone or for a...
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