過了不久 = Guo(4) Le(5) Bu(4) Jiu(3) = Soon

6.24.11 In taiwan

希望你回家旅途愉快 - I hope you a pleasant journey home

5-21-11 in Taiwan

Sneak peek - 先睹為快 - Xian(1) Du(3) Wei(2) Kuai(4)



Terrorism - 恐怖主義 - Kong(3) Bu(4) zhu(3) Yi (4)
military - 軍事 - Jun(1)Shi(4)
innovative - 創新 - Chuang(4)Xin(1)
plagiarism - 剽竊 -Piao(1)Qie(4)
reputable - 信譽 - Xin(4)Yu(4)
cited - 引用 - Yin(3)Yong(4)

You live and you learn - 學無止境 - Xue (2)wu(2)zhi(3)Jing(4)

bibliography - 參考書目 - Can(1)Kao(3)Shu(1)Mu(4)

point guard - 控球後衛 - Kong(4)Qiu(2)Hou(4)wei(4)

Trading(business deal) - 交易 - Jiao(1)Yi(4)

4/19/11 in Taiwan

攝影 She(4)Ying(3) - cinematography

典型 Dian(3)Xing(2) - Typical

3/25/11 in Taiwan

帶屎 - Dai()Shi() [taiwanese - daisai] - brings back to people around you.
-example: "ni daidao buhao de yunqi dao wo shenbian"

很衰 - Hen()Shui() [shuai] - not lucky




對拍 - Dui(4)Pai(1) - on the beat

跟著拍子 - Gen()Zhe()Pai()Zi() - Follow the beat

提示 - Ti(2)Shi(4) - to prompt, to hint

回憶 - Hui(2)Yi(4) - Memories

即興 - Ji(2)Xing(4) - Improvisation

裸體 - Luo(3)Ti(3) - Nude


赤身裸體 - Chi(4)Shen(1)Lu(4)Ti(3) - Naked

3/13/11 in taiwan

Vocab:

結論 - Jie(2)Lun(4) - Conclusion
雙關語 - Shuang(1)Guan(1)Yu(3) - Pun
老百姓 - Lao(3)Bai(3)Xing(4)
幼稚 - You(4)Zhi(4) - Naive

現金 - Xian(4)Jin(1) - Cash

大魔王 - Da(4)Mo(2)Wang(2) - Boss (in video game)
單機版 - Dan(1)Ji(1)Ban(3) - single player (stand-alone)

交集 - Jiao(1)Ji(2) - Intersection (be mixed with?)
日曆 - Ri(4)Li(4) - Calendar
滑 - Hua(2) - Slip
地板 - Di(4)Ban(3) - Floor


公告 - Gong(1)Gao(4) - a notice
套房 - Tao(4)Fang(2) - a suite(a room and bathroom, a place to rent).
平均 - Ping(2)Jun(4) - Average
合約 - He(2)Yue(1) - Contract
保證金 - Bao(3)Zheng(4)Jin(1) - Security deposit
形式上 - Xing(2)Shi(4)Shang(4) - In form.
宣傳 - Xuan(1)Chuan(2) - to publicize

貸款 - Dai(4)Kuan(3) - a loan, to provide a loan
暴斃 - Bao(4)Bi(4) - Died suddenly
幼稚 - You(4)Zhi(4) - Naive
專案 - Zhuang(1)An(4) - project
-example: my next project is... "Wo xia yige Zhuang an shi..."
作品 -Zuo(4)Pin(3) - Work of (art); opus.

活該 - Huo(2)Gai(1) - Serves you right

烏鴉嘴 - Wu(1)Ya(1)zui(3) - To jinx yourself.

Chengyu:

自作自受 - Zi(4)Zuo(4)Zi(4)Shou(4) - To act for oneself and suffer the consequence; to reap what one has sown; to make your bed and lie on it

反敗爲勝 - Fan(3)Bai(4)Wei(2)Sheng(4) - To turn defeat into victory or to come from behind and win.

Principles:

硬拗 - Ying(4)Ao(1): like to stretch the truth or make a bad habit seem good.
- It basically means that if you have a bad habit you make it seem it as good. So for example if I go to bed really late and my parents tell me to go to bed and staying up late is not good. I tell them "no way, staying up late helps my health". Or if I eat a lot of junk and food and someone tells me its bad for me. I tell them "no way its so good go for my health, I'm going to live longer because of all this junk food."
-example: "Wo Hen yingao".

草莓族 - Cao(3)Mei(2)Zu(2) - the Strawberry Generation (Taiwanese term, often sarcastic, for those born between 1980 and 1991, well off and influenced by advertising)
-basically it means generation X or something.

3/11/11 In taiwan

混音 - Hun(3)Yin(1) - Remix
example: "Zhe shouge shi yong hunyinde"
example: "Zhe shi yi shou hunyin de ge"

災害 - Zai(1)Hai(4) - Disaster
海嘯 - Hai(3)Xiao(4) - Tsunami
震災 - Zhen(4)Zai(1) - Earthquake
波 - Po(1) - Wave

理智 - Li(3)Zhi(4) - Reason, intellect.
獵殺 - Lie(4)Sha(1) - Hunting
行者 - Xing(2)Zhe(.) - Walker

單位 - Dan(1)Wei(4) - A Unit, Unit(of measure).

公釐 - Gong(1)Li(2) - Millimeter
公分 - Gong(1)Fen(1) - Centimeter
公尺 - Gong(1)Chi(3) - Meter
公里 - Gong(1)Li(3) - Kilometer
英里 - Ying(1)Li(3) - Mile

毫克 - Hao(2)Ke(4) - Milligram
厘克 - Li(2)Ke(4) - Centigram
公克 - Gong(1)Ke(4) - Gram
公斤 - Gong(1)Jin(1) - Kilogram

毫升 - Hao(2)Sheng(1) - Milliliter

公升 - Gong(1)Sheng(1) - Liter


等於 - Deng(3)Yu(2) - Equal to, Amount to.