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> You can have "will obj. to verb," "will object into being," "will obj. away" to will something without saying what you are willing it to do doesn't sound like a correct collocation to me.How...
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Quoteconycatcher I think the original English sentence sounds very strange and incomplete. You can have "will obj. to verb," "will object into being," "will obj. away" to will something without saying...
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This year for my Facebook I want to think of Chinese writing that might describe my NFL team and then use it in a picture. I am from San Diego and my team is the Chargers. Their name comes from...
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雷厲風行 refers to a strict and impartial enforcement of laws or policy. Swift execution is 迅雷不及掩耳 (so fast like a thunder that [the opponents] didn't even have time to cover their ears), or 動如雷霆 ("move...
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QuoteMr. K 雷氣 is a gangster slang (of which you were aware) for camaraderie. 發電 is "generate electricity." "Loyalty releases electricity" is not a natural expression in Chinese. I may have better...
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雷氣 is gangsters slang, not suitable at all.籃閃電，黃雷擊 sound like a game play instruction (push blue button for lighting attack; push yellow button for thunder attack)To describe a powerful team with a...
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Thank you Tang!!! Awesome advice!!I settled on 雷霆萬鈞勢不可擋 and then put 衝鋒陷陣 underneath. I'm not great with Photoshop but I made do with MS Paint.And also 衝鋒 is a good phrase to know because the sound of...
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And also, I'm just curious, what exactly does 雷人 mean? I see it's listed internet slang but the descriptions go all over; like shocking, amazing, ridiculous, appalling.I didn't want to use it for my...
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I don't know the word origins of 雷氣 and 雷人. I just know that they don't mean "loyalty" in the good sense. 雷人 means bullying or threatening people. 雷氣 refers to the ability to 雷人. When you are asked by...
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HI guys! My husband got this for me about 3 years ago in either Malaysia or Singapore; we can not remember. I don't even know what language it is. I was hoping someone would know what it says. Thank...
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QFrom right to left, top to bottom, the first three bigger character read ：「報喜圖」~「the picture that announce celebration」As I can see, it is a traditional Chinese ink wash painting,The first three...
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Thanks again for the great insight. It's very much appreciated.
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First of all, I must say I am not completely sure about such characters written in cursive style.But I think the three bigger characters read 報春圖 - “a picture that announces the arrival of spring”.The...
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QuoteC Chiu First of all, I must say I am not completely sure about such characters written in cursive style.But I think the three bigger characters read 報春圖 - “a picture that announces the arrival of...
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Looks like that's 𠸑 (according to 《廣州話方言詞典》). It's in Unicode Extension B and thus missing in a lot of Chinese font files, so that may explain why it doesn't seem to show up in CantoDict.
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Quotemikelove Looks like that's 𠸑 (according to 《廣州話方言詞典》). It's in Unicode Extension B and thus missing in a lot of Chinese font files, so that may explain why it doesn't seem to show up in...
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Understood - didn't mean to suggest there was anything wrong with your editorial process, was just positing a theory for why it was missing.《廣州話方言詞典》also assigns that meaning to the more common 削 but...
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Understood … was just positing a theory for why it was missing.My theory is that the meaning of “soft, mushy” for soek3 is not common among native Cantonese unless they are very knowledgeable about...
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Heh, you might be right. Parents are chefs. :hungry: You tend to use it to describe meat that is supposed to have a little bit of 彈性 (eg crab, lobster,etc). I tried googling, and here's two that I...
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