So I was working with the local OCAYP organization about producing shirts for the upcoming Dragon Boat race next month, and I thought it’d make sense to provide the Chinese characters for “Dragon Boat Festival.”…  KEWL.

…  where the first character is one of those characters that typically gets combined with other characters in context to [...]

Chester from New York requested the Chinese translation for “center” as in “the center of the universe is 42.”…  lol.

…  where the first character can insinuate “middle” or even “China,” depending on context, and the second character means “the heart.”
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Anna from New York requested the Chinese translation for “power” as in “Captain, I CAN’T give it any more POWER…  I’m giving it all she’s GOT!”…  Scotty, Star Trek…  haha, and no, I’m not a fan, but I DID grow up with the show (dern, did I just date myself AGAIN?).

…  where essentially the first character [...]

Amy from California requested the Chinese characters for “Tae Kwon Do,” which is the Korean way to pronounce the following…  (and yup, as in the Korean martial art).

…  where essentially the first character means “to trample,” the second character means “fist,” and the last character means a “way” or “method.”  The left radical (or side) of the first character means [...]

Kristy from Australia requested the Chinese translation for “sisters” as in the following I saw on a t-shirt once “God made us sisters, Prozac made us friends.”…  lol.

…  where essentially the first character means “older sister” and the second character means “younger sister.”
It could also be written as the following.

… where the only difference is [...]

“The Boston Globe, June 8, 2005
BROOKLINE — All first graders at the Driscoll School can write numbers 1 through 10, name the colors, and talk about plants and the solar system – in Mandarin Chinese.
They began studying Chinese in kindergarten…”
Complete article archived here in .pdf format.  (To view, you can download Adobe Reader for free).  Thanks to Jerri [...]

Danielle from New York requested the Chinese translation for “respect” as in “I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it.  I get no respect.”…  Rodney Dangerfield, comedian…  haha.

…  where essentially both characters individually mean “to respect.”
You might wonder then, whether you can use just one of the characters to mean “respect.”  [...]

Daniel from Indiana requested the Chinese translation for “broken fortune” because his fortune cookie came with no fortune inside.  Too funny, thanks for the story…  I think that’s the best one yet…  lol.

…  where essentially the first character means “broken” and the second character means “luck” or “fortune.”
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Erick from Tennessee requested the Chinese translation for “sweet” as in “though honey is sweet, don’t lick it off a briar.”…  c’mon, don’t knock it ’til ya try it…  haha, just kidding.

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Sam from New York requested the Chinese translation for “looking for a girlfriend.”  *haha* and *awws* at the same time.

…  where essentially the first character means “to seek,” the second character means “girl,” and the third character means “friend.”
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