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Evernote recently raised $70 million dollars at a $1 billion valuation . They have 30 million customers. They are kicking ass.
Evernote also recently introduced a Chinese service called Yinxiang Biji. This post explains the name and how to... Read More
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The modern character of child is 儿 (=er2 or er0). It's in many words having to do with child: 儿子 (=er2 zi0, son), 儿童 (=er2 tong2, children), 儿孙 (er2 sun1, grandchildren).
However, the traditional/original form of this character is 兒, which... Read More
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In my unbiased opinion, the best way to quit smoking is a to use Percent Zero . If you smoke or know someone who does, send them here to sign up .
To say "quit smoking" in Chinese is pretty easy. Just take the word for quit, which is ... Read More
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One of our dedicated readers here at clb used the Ask a Question feature to submit the following question:
" I need to know the chinese symbol for the words clam and claw thank you very much "
The word for clam was covered in a recent... Read More
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My Chinese bro Wang Meng taught me to say "change" at a Chinese restaurant in Milan because I needed to ask for change and I don't speak Italian.
He said you can take the word for "hard" (which also means "stiff" and "firm"), which is 硬,... Read More
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腕 = wan4 = wrist.
华 = hua1 = flower.
腕华 = wan4 hua1 = wrist flower = corsage.
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We recently studied the important vocabulary surrounding the words strip tease , and mummy strip tease . After these posts, I received a barrage of requests to explain how to say clam strip tease. So here goes.
It's pretty easy to say... Read More
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The Chinese call the strip tease 脱衣舞.
脱, pronounced tuo1, means to shed, to take off, to escape, or to get away from
衣, pronounced yi1, means clothes
舞, pronounced wu3, means to dance, to wield, or to brandish
So,... Read More
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This will be a short article. Mummy in Chinese is 木乃伊 = mu4 nai3 yi1 = wood/tree + /to be/thus/so/therefore/then/only/thereupon/ + corpse.
The first word sounds like moo, like a cow says moo.
The second word sounds like nigh, as in... Read More
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The phrase "happy hour" in Mandarin is almost exactly what you'd expect.
Start with the word for happy, which is 快乐, pronounced kuai4 le4. (The word 快 actually means "fast", "quick" or "swift", and the word 乐 means "happy",... Read More
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