Eric from Michigan requested the Chinese translation for “sacrifice” as in “I am a member of the team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion”…  Mia Hamm, soccer player…  if you ask me, more guys in the NFL [...]

Jamie from California requested the Chinese translation for “Samurai” as in “my Samurai daddy can beat up yer Samurai daddy!”…  (actually mine studied Shaolin kung fu instead…  lol).

…  where essentially the first character means “military” and the second character insinuates “gentleman.”  Together, they translate as “warrior” or “Samurai.”
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Viki’s daughter from California named their cat “sandwich” (as in the food item)…  ”I was so hungry, I wolfed down my sandwich”…  not the verb “to sandwich”…  ”the ladies sandwiched me on the dance floor… (booyah!)

In this case, it is actually a “transliteration” rather than a “translation“…  which means that the Mandarin Chinese characters here [...]

Maggie from the UK (!) requested the Chinese translation for “scorpio”… (Yup, the horoscope.)

…  where essentially the first character means the “sky” or “heavens,” the second character means “scorpion,” and the third character is short for “constellation” (xing1 zuo4).
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Geezy peezy, so yes, I took another week off…  I know, I know, I’m such a SLACKER…  (seriously tho, I wish there were 36 hours in a day)…  *sigh*…  I’m sure the enormous readership I have is on edge just waiting for my next blog entry…  *crickets chirping*
Dee from Idaho requested the Chinese translation for [...]

Kim from Arizona requested the Chinese translation for “selflessness” as in having less concern for yourself than for others…  reminds me of Philosophy class days…  ”does selfish selflessness exist?”…  my. brain. hurts.

…  where essentially the first character means “not” and the second character means “selfish.”
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Charles from Michigan requested the Chinese translation for “serenity” as in “serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm”  Confucius in da HOUSE!

…  where essentially the first character means “peaceful” and the second character means “quiet.”
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Sabrina from Georgia requested the Chinese translation for “sex slave”…  oh, you naughty naughty gal!…

…  where essentially the first character means “sex” and the second character means “slave.”
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Cool, we’re on a roll with creative requests…  woo hoo.  Matt from Virginia requested the Chinese characters for “shark sword.”  See below.

…  where the first character means “shark,” the second character means”fish,” and the third character means “sword.”
… tho I’d really like to know what a “shark sword” is exactly.  Google came up with zilch, [...]

Angela from Kentucky requested the Chinese translation for “she.”  Simple enough, here ya go.

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