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roddy -

Here's mine:

黑匣子 hēixiázi, black box (ie in a plane). I heard this in a report on the recent plane
crash in Thailand and knew what it was from context, but don't remember seeing 匣子 before so
looked it up to see what it was.

What's yours? Characters, pinyin, meaning and source. We'll see how many we can get (probably one )



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heifeng -

well last night there was a very interesting program about 韩生元 who must be the most adorable
old man in China on the xinjiang channel . Anyway, he is known as the 花儿歌王....
so the new word is 花儿 which is a type of folk singing, you can learn more here
here and here










Ari 桑 -

洋娃娃 (yángwáwá, a doll) has to be one of the most fun words to say as a foreigner. Its not
that creative but its what came to mind.










rob07 -

This is fun! I pick 羼水 (chan4shui3), which means to water down alcohol (or, apparently, to
adulterate generally). If that is too small to read, the first character is three sheep under a
dead body.

我从十二岁起，便在镇口的咸亨酒店里当伙计，掌柜说，样子太傻，怕侍候�
��了长衫主顾，就在外面做点事罢。外面的短衣主顾，虽然容易说话，但唠��
�叨叨缠夹不清的也很不少。他们往往要亲眼看着黄酒从坛子里舀出，看过壶
子底里有水没有，又亲看将壶子放在热水里，然后放心：在这严重兼督下，�
��水也很为难。










Tommi -

蜃 shèn - originally means a clam, learned it from this word: 海市蜃楼 - meaning a mirage.










roddy -

Oddly enough I've read the story from Rob07 (孔乙己 by 鲁迅) and listened to the song
海市蜃楼 by 与非门 but never bothered looking up 羼 or 蜃. And now I don't need to.

Was going to post another one, but will wait till tomorrow. . .










heifeng -

well i'm going to bump my other threads this and this which operate on the same idea of new,
random words... but i'll actually think of a new one to post manana










Lu -

隆乳 long2 ru (3?) breast enlargement
淋巴結 lin2 ba1 jie2 lymph node
I suspect this article I'm translating will teach me the word for silicone as well, once I've
looked up all the difficult words.

花儿 is really cool, I know one Dutch women who researches it, they would only let her into the
花儿 festivals if she could sing too, so she can sing 花儿 herself as well.










Myriam -

Learnt this word by watching an MV (Music Video) on the web :
客串 = kè chuàn = guest performance, cameo.










heifeng -

Word for yesterday since I actually was able to pry myself away from the computer for over 24
hours....

I think this takes top spot in being random, because I learned the Chinese in my recent class
before even knowing what the English term for this structure is, always fun when that happens...

轭式搭配 e4shi4da1pei4(see point #9, but other vocab is interesting too) =zuegma structure

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Today's word, which came from a program about breeding camels in dubai (which fyi they are
primarily used for racing there, and the 母 camels are usually the winners hahah)

妊娠期, ren4shen1qi1 or gestation period...which I guess on that note it's also useful to know
分娩( fen1mian3, or birth) also...hmm, can't find that program on the web, but i'm sure these
would easily pop up in other nature programs...oh and stuff on humans of course too..












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