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2011-12-05 / 02:51PM

Hi Benny,

What does 冤有头债有主 means?

Thanks!
Lee Kong

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2011-11-09 / 09:08AM

Hi Benny, how are you? Long time no see.

I want to ask you a question:

What does “所” means in 侦察所 in the below sentence? Is it one word or “所” is a seperate word? What does it mean?

当我从楼门…

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2010-11-23 / 02:19PM

The following dialogue is from a TV Drama 铁梨花 second episode (第二集). What does “没占上我的便宜” means in the following dialogue:

A:那天把你们放走以后,我表哥立马就让我去提亲,我真的不知道为啥

B:好,他让你去提亲,你干嘛不说我已经嫁给柳天赐了,你倒好,一听说我许配给…

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2010-09-02 / 09:34PM

Hi Benny, please have a look at the following Chinese dialogue:

A: 最多时候,有三十多家儿呢
B: 啊 是吗 有三十多家
A: 有三十多家儿,十几户儿都有
B: 是吗 那这个院子应该特别大才行

What’s the use of 才行 in the last sentence of the dialo…

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2010-06-07 / 10:01AM

Hi Benny,

How are you doing?

I have a question to ask you. What does “被剥削得血淋淋的” means in the following paragraph:

阿P呆了一会儿,也往回走,他要去出席庆功宴。饭桌上,阿P将5万元现金递给于虎,说:“虽然少了点,但来日方长嘛!”尽管被剥削得血淋淋的,但于虎不敢吭气…

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2010-04-09 / 10:30AM

Hi Benny,

What does “说争地问题给人民价格只是补偿” means in the following sentence:

他在我采访的时候说道,说争地问题给人民价格只是补偿,这个分配机制,及不合理

You have to see the following video for the context:
http://www.tudou.com/progr…

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2010-03-31 / 07:31PM

Hi Benny,

While shopping, I was bargaining with a seller and she said something like this to me:

那个价根本拿不来,我进都进不来

What does “进都进不来” means? 进 means “to enter”, right? But what does it mean o…

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2010-03-26 / 04:39PM

Benny, what does 结下梁子 means in the following paragraph?

他后来赢了那场官司,我以为他会和铁道部结下梁子,结他上了火车之后,他在餐厅要了一份饭,列车长亲自把这个饭菜端到他面前说:你是现在要发票还是你吃完之后再给您送过来,我问他您靠什么赢得尊重,他说:我靠为我的权利所做的斗争,他叫郝进松,是个34岁的律师。

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2010-02-26 / 09:46PM

Hi Benny, few days ago I went to a supermarket in Tianjin to buy somethings, and I was looking for a bread, so I asked the people working in there where I can find one? The woman there kept on aski…

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laser2302

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2010-02-07 / 07:03PM

Hi Benny,

In what kind of situation you say “这是靠不靠普?”
Does it mean “does it make sense” or something? I heard this sentence in this video:
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/ImPBEoQR_0o/

T…

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2010-02-04 / 09:57AM

Hi Benny,

What does 的话 means in the following?

那在这个之后的话呢,我们会把这个培训文档发给大

Here’s the context:
那么我们这边也准备了培训文档,是中文的培训文档,中英文的培训文档,但是现在没有发给大家,因为我们这个培训的目的是教会大家怎么把我们所熟知的流程在这个系统中使用,那在这个之后的话呢,我们会把这个…

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2009-12-25 / 11:57PM

Hi Benny,
What does the following means in the video:
1. 浆糊恒久远
2. 一壶永流
3. 打浆糊的我是

Here’s the video:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM5MjUwMjIw.html

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2009-12-27 / 10:29PM

Hi Benny,

What does the following means?
静若处子,动若疯兔

Thanks!

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laser2302

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2009-08-27 / 11:18PM

Benny, in what kind of situations do Chinese people use “好爽”?

Thanks!

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2009-09-07 / 08:30PM

Hi Benny, what does the following idiom means:

“麻雀死了都有声呢”

Thanks!

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2009-09-04 / 09:57PM

Hi Benny, I’ve translated the following paragraph into Chinese, please check my translation.

Human cells do not have receptors for avian influenza or H5N1 virus and thus cannot be infected with …

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2009-08-29 / 04:13PM

Benny, in Korean TV dramas (with Chinese subtitles) I see some people saying “啊真是的” when they are irritated or something. What does it mean exactly? Is there any equivalence of this expression in E…

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2009-08-29 / 12:03AM

Benny, what does 节约 means in the following sentence?

这个世界上吃的节约的人太多了

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2009-08-29 / 04:08PM

Hi Benny, take a look at the following sentences:

还不给我放手
Let go of me

还不快放我下来
Put me down quickly

Why is 还不 used in those sentences, doesn’t 还不 means “still not”? But the translation of …

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2009-08-29 / 04:53PM

Hi Benny, what does “大呼小叫的” means in the following sentence?

谁让人这么讨厌 大呼小叫的

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2009-08-29 / 06:38PM

Benny, what does 岂 means in the following sentence?

我这岂不是自己找麻烦吗

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2009-08-29 / 05:50PM

Benny, when do Chinese people normally use the following expression, and what does it mean?

我不吃这一套

What does 一套 means?

Thansk!

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2009-08-29 / 04:47PM

Benny, I have two questions:

如果是为了赚钱来的 是不是该本份点
Q1: What does 本份 means in the above sentence?

为了赚钱 已经做到这个份上了
Q2: What does 份上 means in the above sentence?

Thanks!

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2009-08-27 / 10:22PM

Benny, what does “很不应该了” means in the following sentence?

如果去了那边
我就真的是很不应该了

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2009-08-27 / 08:59PM

Benny, 祝您七夕快乐!

李空

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2009-08-24 / 05:56AM

Benny, what does 销微 means in the following:

喂 销微停一下

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2009-08-23 / 10:37PM

Benny, have a look at the following dialog:

女儿:请取消招女婿

父亲:不要

女儿:这样也没用啊
爸爸就算带任何男人来 我都不结婚

父亲:我真怀念我女儿韩美秀5年前的样子,你现在不是我女儿的样子了,能变回以前的话我就不用手段方法了

What does “手段方法” means in “我就不用手段方法了”?

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2009-08-23 / 08:55PM

Hi Benny,

What does 该上 means in the following sentence:

现在真的该上哪找钱去

Thanks!

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2009-08-23 / 12:56AM

Hi Benny,

What does 省的 means in 省的你感冒

Thanks!

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2009-08-16 / 12:48PM

Benny, how do you say in Chinese: “host a virus”, for example I want to say:

“Pig is able to host many viruses”

Thanks!

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