Comments on: Having fun with Chinese colloquialisms from 奋斗 http://benross.net/wordpress/having-fun-with-chinese-colloquialisms-from-%e5%a5%8b%e6%96%97/2009/11/30/ Urban Sociology and Urbanism, in China and North America Fri, 04 May 2012 09:48:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: GAC http://benross.net/wordpress/having-fun-with-chinese-colloquialisms-from-%e5%a5%8b%e6%96%97/2009/11/30/comment-page-1/#comment-50857 GAC Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:40:57 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/?p=1156#comment-50857 Dang, looks like a debate starting on 动手动脚 right after I added it to Skritter. I wish they'd let me edit my submissions. Dang, looks like a debate starting on 动手动脚 right after I added it to Skritter. I wish they’d let me edit my submissions.

]]> By: shan http://benross.net/wordpress/having-fun-with-chinese-colloquialisms-from-%e5%a5%8b%e6%96%97/2009/11/30/comment-page-1/#comment-50854 shan Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:02:57 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/?p=1156#comment-50854 动手动脚 doesn't have as consensual of a connotation as "hooking up". it's more of a trying to get some, trying to hook up. usually it's in the context of 他 (male) 跟 XX 动手动脚, with the emphasis on "他跟", as in he took the initiative to try to get some with XX the phrase itself doesn't really mean having actually hooked up, but rather the attempt 动手动脚 doesn’t have as consensual of a connotation as “hooking up”. it’s more of a trying to get some, trying to hook up. usually it’s in the context of 他 (male) 跟 XX 动手动脚, with the emphasis on “他跟”, as in he took the initiative to try to get some with XX

the phrase itself doesn’t really mean having actually hooked up, but rather the attempt

]]> By: Benjamin Ross http://benross.net/wordpress/having-fun-with-chinese-colloquialisms-from-%e5%a5%8b%e6%96%97/2009/11/30/comment-page-1/#comment-50853 Benjamin Ross Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:58:22 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/?p=1156#comment-50853 @Brenton I Chinese friend of mine has also highly recommended 蜗居. Says it's both extremely popular and controversial. I think I'm going to try to tackle it after I finish 奋斗. @Brenton

I Chinese friend of mine has also highly recommended 蜗居. Says it’s both extremely popular and controversial. I think I’m going to try to tackle it after I finish 奋斗.

]]> By: Brenton http://benross.net/wordpress/having-fun-with-chinese-colloquialisms-from-%e5%a5%8b%e6%96%97/2009/11/30/comment-page-1/#comment-50852 Brenton Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:59:20 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/?p=1156#comment-50852 I've yet to watch it, but my tutor highly recommends 蜗居: http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E8%9C%97%E5%B1%85 I’ve yet to watch it, but my tutor highly recommends 蜗居: http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E8%9C%97%E5%B1%85

]]> By: xge http://benross.net/wordpress/having-fun-with-chinese-colloquialisms-from-%e5%a5%8b%e6%96%97/2009/11/30/comment-page-1/#comment-50851 xge Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:17:13 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/?p=1156#comment-50851 @GAC No it does not. The second meaning should be 唯物主义 @GAC
No it does not. The second meaning should be 唯物主义

]]> By: GAC http://benross.net/wordpress/having-fun-with-chinese-colloquialisms-from-%e5%a5%8b%e6%96%97/2009/11/30/comment-page-1/#comment-50850 GAC Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:03:36 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/?p=1156#comment-50850 Question, does 物质主义 carry both of the main meanings of "materialism" -- (the common one "pursuit of material wealth over spiritual pursuits", and the more technical meaning: "belief that nothing exists outside the material/physical world")? Question, does 物质主义 carry both of the main meanings of “materialism” — (the common one “pursuit of material wealth over spiritual pursuits”, and the more technical meaning: “belief that nothing exists outside the material/physical world”)?

]]> By: xge http://benross.net/wordpress/having-fun-with-chinese-colloquialisms-from-%e5%a5%8b%e6%96%97/2009/11/30/comment-page-1/#comment-50848 xge Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:40:41 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/?p=1156#comment-50848 Besides downloading the show, you can also watch it online. Please try youku.com or www.ppstream.com. ppstream has a client software and offers more than 100,000 DVD quality movies and TV shows. Besides downloading the show, you can also watch it online. Please try youku.com or http://www.ppstream.com. ppstream has a client software and offers more than 100,000 DVD quality movies and TV shows.

]]> By: Brendan http://benross.net/wordpress/having-fun-with-chinese-colloquialisms-from-%e5%a5%8b%e6%96%97/2009/11/30/comment-page-1/#comment-50846 Brendan Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:31:48 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/?p=1156#comment-50846 "Hick" and "bumpkin" are the original meanings of 土 in this context, but sometimes it can just mean "dorky" or "lame." 小市民 traditionally means "petty bourgeoisie," rather than "small town folk" -- it apparently still gets used in Shanghai, a city to the entirety of which it applies. Haven't seen the show, so I don't know if it's being used in this sense here, but that'd be my guess. “Hick” and “bumpkin” are the original meanings of 土 in this context, but sometimes it can just mean “dorky” or “lame.”

小市民 traditionally means “petty bourgeoisie,” rather than “small town folk” — it apparently still gets used in Shanghai, a city to the entirety of which it applies. Haven’t seen the show, so I don’t know if it’s being used in this sense here, but that’d be my guess.

]]> By: Benjamin Ross http://benross.net/wordpress/having-fun-with-chinese-colloquialisms-from-%e5%a5%8b%e6%96%97/2009/11/30/comment-page-1/#comment-50844 Benjamin Ross Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:04:05 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/?p=1156#comment-50844 @Martin Emule, You can get pretty much any Chinese show ever made. @Martin

Emule, You can get pretty much any Chinese show ever made.

]]> By: chriswaugh_bj http://benross.net/wordpress/having-fun-with-chinese-colloquialisms-from-%e5%a5%8b%e6%96%97/2009/11/30/comment-page-1/#comment-50843 chriswaugh_bj Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:36:02 +0000 http://benross.net/wordpress/?p=1156#comment-50843 Provincial, to put it politely, but words like hick and bumpkin are definitely good translations for 土. Provincial, to put it politely, but words like hick and bumpkin are definitely good translations for 土.

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