http://www.transparent.com/chinese/michael-jackson/ Language and Culture of the Chinese-speaking world Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.transparent.com/chinese/michael-jackson/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Zheng Wei Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:43:49 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/chinese/?p=112#comment-221 When i listen the songs from Michael Jackson in my childhood,i can sure he must be Chinese,when i grew up he become a popular American! Who know! When i listen the songs from Michael Jackson in my childhood,i can sure
he must be Chinese,when i grew up he become a popular American!
Who know!

]]> http://www.transparent.com/chinese/michael-jackson/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Peter Simon Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:00:56 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/chinese/?p=112#comment-220 Sorry, but whereas 'pass away' means 'die', 'pass on' doesn't! Even if you may use it in your local lingo, if a Chinese person learns qu4shi4 to colloquially mean 'pass on'='die', very-very few English speakers would understand him/her correctly. It is usually a transitive verb (transmit information, tell knowledge, transfer possession of, refer to sb for decision, etc), the intransitive meaning of 'move forward' is very different even metaphorically. Sorry, but whereas ‘pass away’ means ‘die’, ‘pass on’ doesn’t! Even if you may use it in your local lingo, if a Chinese person learns qu4shi4 to colloquially mean ‘pass on’='die’, very-very few English speakers would understand him/her correctly. It is usually a transitive verb (transmit information, tell knowledge, transfer possession of, refer to sb for decision, etc), the intransitive meaning of ‘move forward’ is very different even metaphorically.

]]> http://www.transparent.com/chinese/michael-jackson/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Hui Neng Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:38:30 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/chinese/?p=112#comment-219 Yes, but what other news is important to the world: Iran (the Clerics in power should be the ones executed); North Korea (What is China, the US, and Russia doing to thwart a rogue nation); Big Pharma (this beast is promoting fiction: the lipid and cholesterol hypotheis is farce); Obama and Congress pass a bogus bill (global warming is real, but not due to anthropogenic causes); 'eh? Yes, but what other news is important to the world: Iran (the Clerics in power should be the ones executed); North Korea (What is China, the US, and Russia doing to thwart a rogue nation); Big Pharma (this beast is promoting fiction: the lipid and cholesterol hypotheis is farce); Obama and Congress pass a bogus bill (global warming is real, but not due to anthropogenic causes); ‘eh?

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