{"id":3035,"date":"2015-10-22T20:55:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T03:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/?p=3035"},"modified":"2018-11-02T05:01:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T12:01:11","slug":"eating-up-some-new-expressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/learn-chinese-online\/eating-up-some-new-expressions.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cEating\u201d Up Some New Expressions!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you probably know, Chinese people really like eating and preparing delicious food. What you may not <\/i>know is how many other uses for the word \u201ceat\u201d we have! And from this linguistic importance placed on food, comes some very funny slang phrases in Chinese. Let\u2019s take a look!<\/p>\n

1. \u5403\u918b\uff08ch\u012b c\u00f9\uff09<\/h2>\n

\"1\"<\/p>\n

Literally, \u201c\u5403\u918b(ch\u012b c\u00f9)\u201d means \u201cto eat vinegar\u201d. Obviously, the flavor of vinegar is sour \u2013 just like the way we describe jealousy. And what causes more jealousy than young love?\u00a0 Take a look at the above picture: the girl who is sitting on the right is definitely \u201cch\u012b c\u00f9\u201d now.<\/p>\n

e.g<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be jealous: she is just my friend!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u4e0d \u8981\u00a0 \u5403\u00a0 \u918b \uff0c \u5979 \u53ea\u00a0 \u662f\u00a0 \u6211 \u7684 \u670b\u00a0\u00a0 \u53cb\u00a0 \u3002<\/span><\/p>\n

(B\u00fay\u00e0o ch\u012bc\u00f9 \uff0c t\u0101 zh\u01d0sh\u00ec w\u01d2de p\u00e9n\u0261you\u3002)<\/span><\/p>\n

2. \u5403\u4e8f (ch\u012b ku\u012b)<\/h2>\n

\"2\"<\/p>\n

The word \u201c\u4e8f(ku\u012b)\u201dmeans \u201cto lose or suffer.\u201d In China, it is commonly said that suffering losses can be good, even suffering some \u201c\u4e8f(ku\u012b)\u201d\u2019s that appear really bad! \u00a0For example:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u5403\u4e8f\u662f\u798f(ch\u012b ku\u012b sh\u00ec f\u00fa),\u201d \u00a0means \u201ca bad bargain is a form of blessing.\u201d Many people write these words as fancy calligraphy and hang this phrase on their wall like the picture shows.<\/p>\n

A bad bargain is a kind of blessing: never be angry with your wife.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u5403\u00a0 \u4e8f\u00a0 \u662f\u00a0 \u798f \uff0c \u4e0d \u8981 \u00a0\u548c \u4f60 \u7684 \u592a\u00a0 \u592a\u00a0 \u751f\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u6c14 \u3002<\/span><\/p>\n

(ch\u012bku\u012b sh\u00ec f\u00fa, b\u00fay\u00e0o h\u00e9 n\u01d0de t\u00e0it\u0251i sh\u0113n\u0261q\u00ec \u3002)<\/span><\/p>\n

Or, consider the phrase \u201c\u5403\u54d1\u5df4\u4e8f (ch\u012b y\u01ce b\u0251 ku\u012b).\u201d\u00a0 \u201c\u54d1\u5df4\uff08y\u01ce b\u0251)\u201d means a person who is dumb. So, the phrase as a whole means that someone suffered some form of loss, but is unable to talk about it for one reason or another (hence the \u201cdumbness\u201d).<\/p>\n

e.g<\/p>\n

Be brave, and don\u2019t always be forced to be at the passive position.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u52c7\u6562\u4e00\u70b9\uff0c \u4e0d\u8981\u603b\u662f\u5403\u54d1\u5df4\u4e8f\u3002<\/span><\/p>\n

(Y\u00f3n\u0261\u0261\u01cen y\u00ecdi\u01cen\uff0c b\u00fay\u00e0o z\u01d2n\u0261sh\u00ec ch\u012by\u01ceb\u0251ku\u012b \u3002)<\/span><\/p>\n

3. \u5403\u82e6 (ch\u012b k\u01d4)<\/h2>\n

\"3\"<\/p>\n

The word \u201c\u82e6(k\u01d4)\u201d refers to a bitter flavor. So, \u201c\u5403\u82e6 (ch\u012b k\u01d4)\u201d means a person who endures hardship. Obviously, the picture shows two overly caring parents who will not let their kid \u201c\u5403\u82e6\u201d.<\/p>\n

e.g<\/p>\n

To endure hardship is a good thing for the young.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u5bf9\u00a0 \u5e74\u00a0\u00a0 \u8f7b\u00a0\u00a0 \u4eba\u00a0 \u6765\u00a0 \u8bf4\u00a0\u00a0 \u5403\u00a0 \u82e6 \u662f\u00a0 \u4e00 \u4ef6\u00a0\u00a0 \u597d\u00a0 \u4e8b\u00a0 \u3002<\/span><\/p>\n

(Du\u00ec ni\u00e1nq\u012bn\u0261r\u00e9n l\u00e1i shu\u014d ch\u012bk\u01d4 sh\u00ec y\u00edji\u00e0n h\u01ceosh\u00ec\u3002)<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you ready to \u201ceat\u201d the new phrases you learned above? Have you already eaten some of them? Do you know any other slang that uses \u201c\u5403\u201d?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you probably know, Chinese people really like eating and preparing delicious food. What you may not know is how many other uses for the word \u201ceat\u201d we have! And from this linguistic importance placed on food, comes some very funny slang phrases in Chinese. Let\u2019s take a look! 1. \u5403\u918b\uff08ch\u012b c\u00f9\uff09 Literally, \u201c\u5403\u918b(ch\u012b c\u00f9)\u201d … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":3041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}