That’s the beauty of learning Chinese, it’s so different and you come across these words which don’t quite translate but we get the meaning. Maybe we should have an equivalent of 掰 in English?
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Showing posts with label 掰. Show all posts
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Chinese - some thing's don't quite translate
Hey, I wanted to talk to you about a word I learned today, and it’s quite an interesting one. 掰 or bāi has no true equivalent in English, it actually means ‘to break something off with your fingers’ or ‘to break with both hands’ which is I suppose the action as to how you would break off a piece of Kitkat!
That’s the beauty of learning Chinese, it’s so different and you come across these words which don’t quite translate but we get the meaning. Maybe we should have an equivalent of 掰 in English?
That’s the beauty of learning Chinese, it’s so different and you come across these words which don’t quite translate but we get the meaning. Maybe we should have an equivalent of 掰 in English?
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