http://www.88-bar.com/2008/12/phrase-of-the-day-%e6%89%93%e6%b0%b4%e6%bc%82/ An anthropologist and a designer's take on all things Chinese. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:43:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.88-bar.com/2008/12/phrase-of-the-day-%e6%89%93%e6%b0%b4%e6%bc%82/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Jason Li Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:52:58 +0000 http://www.88-bar.com/?p=150#comment-16 I'd think you were right, except that I encountered the phrase 打水漂 when I was reading something in Chinese. And if memory serves, the latter definition actually made sense. So it does actually end up getting used in Chinese... at least sometimes :) I’d think you were right, except that I encountered the phrase 打水漂 when I was reading something in Chinese. And if memory serves, the latter definition actually made sense. So it does actually end up getting used in Chinese… at least sometimes

]]> http://www.88-bar.com/2008/12/phrase-of-the-day-%e6%89%93%e6%b0%b4%e6%bc%82/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Ailian Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:35:32 +0000 http://www.88-bar.com/?p=150#comment-15 Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I believe that the phrase is meant to teach English phrases, not Chinese ones? In this case, they translate the English expression to Chinese, then explain the use of the English expression (which, in the case of "ducks and drakes", does not translate directly into Chinese). See, e.g., WWW's explanation of "ducks and drakes" here: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-duc3.htm Perhaps I’m mistaken, but I believe that the phrase is meant to teach English phrases, not Chinese ones? In this case, they translate the English expression to Chinese, then explain the use of the English expression (which, in the case of “ducks and drakes”, does not translate directly into Chinese). See, e.g., WWW’s explanation of “ducks and drakes” here: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-duc3.htm

]]> http://www.88-bar.com/2008/12/phrase-of-the-day-%e6%89%93%e6%b0%b4%e6%bc%82/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Boyd R. Jones Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:03:55 +0000 http://www.88-bar.com/?p=150#comment-13 I believe this refers to "skipping stones" in English. I believe this refers to “skipping stones” in English.

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