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Chinese to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Chinese term		English translation
with all this BS		瞎侃
your relevance as a professional		你这个职业的意义
抠﹟马瞔		ordered Shang Shu to be on guard in Niuzhu
抽糖果		candy lottery
探半个脑袋		peep in
枯藤懸空		a dangling withered vine
棺材上再打上钉子		put the final nail in the coffin	Denyce Seow
Entered by: Denyce Seow
榆柑		elm and citrus(fruit)
欺人太甚		the bullying went too far
此消彼长		When one is rising, the other is falling
武林帖		invitation for Debate; invitation; literally, notice for a martial art fight
每逢佳节倍思亲		My heart grows fonder of faraway loved ones on lonely festive days...	albertdeng
Entered by: albertdeng
每日见中华		I've seen Chinese from day to day.
毛毛球		Furball	Stefanie Sendelbach
Entered by: Stefanie Sendelbach
水煮历史		spiced up history	Denyce Seow
Entered by: Denyce Seow
气不打一处来		Blow one's top	albertdeng
Entered by: albertdeng
江湖		every corner of the country	Denyce Seow
Entered by: Denyce Seow
江湖		Jianghu, the underground world of wandering fighters
沧海遗珠		undiscovered talent
溪水性情之奔泻		the rushing of the mountain stream's temper
满汉全席		Royal Feast of Complete Manchu-Han Courses
演绎		interpretation	Denyce Seow
Entered by: Denyce Seow
演说虚构本事		narration of fictional literary source materials	Denyce Seow
Entered by: Denyce Seow
漆杓		painted scoop
持子之手，与子偕老		hands in hands, we shall grow old together
朝三暮四		chop and change
月光流步		Moonlight slides
有张有驰		have regular breaks during work
望梅止渴		quench one's thirst by imaginary plums, console oneself with false hopes, feed on illusions
我们不能保证聘用你一生,但努力使你一生被聘用		We cannnot guarantee to employ you for life, but we endeavour to make you employable for life
春秋時期 (戰國)		Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BCE)
流金岁月		prime years (of life)
浮生		Life is just an illusion	David Lin
Entered by: David Lin
新锐		new prominent (writer)
文坛反斗星		radical writer	Denyce Seow
Entered by: Denyce Seow
文学娱乐化		treating literature as a form of entertainment	Denyce Seow
Entered by: Denyce Seow
无稽之谈		nonsense	Alvin Liu
Entered by: Alvin Liu
日本名		Managa	Kevin Lax
Entered by: Kevin Lax
摺火		a torch, a taper or a match
撷小证大		to use simple things to explain complex truth	Denyce Seow
Entered by: Denyce Seow

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