Archive for May, 2006

Feng Shui

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

Matt from Georgia requested the Chinese characters for “feng shui”…  the well known 3000 year old Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to achieve harmony with it’s surroundings and environment.

… where the first character means “wind” and the second character means “water.”
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Unique

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

Wendy from California requested the Chinese translation for “unique” as in “always remember you are absolutely unique…  just like everyone else”…  hee hee.

… where essentially the first character means “by yourself” or “alone” and the second character means “special” or “different.”
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Twins

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

Derek from Australia (!) requested the Chinese translation for “twins” as in “I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I’d look like without plastic surgery”…  Joan Rivers, comedian…  bwahaha.

… where essentially the first character means “a pair,” the second character can mean “placenta,” and the third character technically means an “unborn child,” [...]

Monkey

Monday, May 8th, 2006

Ashley from Georgia requested the Chinese translation for “monkey” as in “the monkey on my back has a chip on his shoulder”…  (don’t ya hate it when that happens??)

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You

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

Mary from Indiana requested the Chinese translation for “you” as in “to the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world”…  profound, aren’t I?…  lol.

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Virtue

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

Joe from Texas requested the Chinese translation for “virtue” as in “to realize you don’t understand is a virtue;  not to realize is a defect”…  Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism…  Chinese REPRESENT!

This can also be translated more “completely” as…

…  where the new character appended to the front means “beautiful.”  So loosely, “beautiful virtue.”
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Loyalty

Friday, May 5th, 2006

Laure from New Jersey requested the Chinese translation for “loyalty” as in “if you want loyalty - get a dog…  if you want loyalty and attention - get a smart dog”…  haha.

… where essentially the first character means “loyal” and the second character means “honest.”
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Gymnastics

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

Mari from Maryland requested the Chinese translation for “gymnastics.”  How ’bout that?…  used to be a gymnast myself when I was younger…  miss being able to do those round off, back handspring, back flips…  hooah!

… where essentially the first character means “the body” and the second character means “to exercise.”
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Love

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

Julie from Oregon requested the Chinese translation for “love” as in “love is grand, divorce is a hundred grand”…  haha…  and I’m actually surprised no one had asked for this one yet.

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Learn

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

Jerri from North Carolina requested the Chinese translation for “learn” as in “I learned me an edumacation”…  haha, I kid, of course.  Here’s something a little more useful…  “we learn…  10% of what we read…  20% of what we hear…  30% of what we see…  50% of what we see and hear…  70% of what [...]