New answers tagged cantonese
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When searching modern translation of classical literature, try adding 白話 into your search keyword
Searched 白話道德經 (vernacular Tao Te Ching) and I got the following:
【老子·第一章】
道可道，非常道。名可名，非常名。
無名天地之始；有名萬物之母。
故常無，欲以觀其妙；常有，欲以觀其徼。
此兩者，同出而異名，同謂之玄。玄之又玄，眾妙之門
【翻譯】：
道可以說，但不是通常所說的道。名可以起，但不是通常所起的名。
可以說他是無，因為他在天地創始之前；也可以說他是有，因為他是萬物的母親。
所以，從虛無的角度，可以揣摩他的奧妙。從實有的角度，...
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唔知邊個打邊個
As you well know, this is a common Cantonese colloquial phrase which Mandarin speakers will have a hard time appreciating.
We use it all the time to express a situation where there is confusion / disorder / a melee of riotous activities. An English equivalent would be something like "pandemonium" or "chaotic", not necessarily in ...
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I’ve been told to pronounce the fourth tone low enough to make a perceptible voice crack. In a study, the voice crack was one of the indicators to the Cantonese ear that the speaker was using the fourth tone,
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I would say "冒牌"- fake brand, is closer to 做媒 in Cantonese, except while it means the "matchmaker".
他是冒牌的 and 他是冒牌貨 both mean "he is a fake...." for the purpose of enticing sales, or carrying out a scam by faking his identity.
Unless the meaning has been expanded, in Mandrin, 托儿 means putting a child under someone/someplace (...
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Maybe, 托儿(read as 托r, not the one in 托儿所） is the one you are looking for? It's someone who helps lure customers into buying.
This use of 托 is relevant to the sense of 烘托 and 衬托(serve as a foil). E.g. 我衬托你 means I serve as a foil to you. So, 托儿 serves as a foil to 商家 in this case to promote products by pretending to be a real customer and etc.
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