Monday 19 October 2009

Daily Chinese Proverb: To Drool....

This Chinese proverb means to crave something, to desire it and this proverb although could be taken to mean to literally salivate. I prefer the meaning to have a strong desire or craving. 'to drool over'.

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chuí xián sān chǐ
To drool over


The picture depicts my desire to get to China, and the celebration that will ensue. One of my goals is to spend Chinese New Year in China at least once.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous20 October 2009 at 23:26

    I love 成语，they are often very poetic and funny.

    My favorite is 画龙点睛 ;-)

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  2. Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin22 October 2009 at 10:56

    :)

    Thanks for dropping by Zhu and I love 成语 too. You might be able to tell.

    I hopefully will be back with a new laptop and adding lots more very soon.

    Charlie

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  3. Ty Hism26 October 2009 at 07:40

    I love your posts. As a Chinese native speaker, I could learn English in the opposite way:)

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  4. Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin27 October 2009 at 08:38

    Hey Thanks Ty.

    Really nice to hear good feedback. When I am a little better at Chinese, I would love to start up a similiar blog about English.

    :D

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