{"id":1106,"date":"2013-11-14T14:47:03","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T14:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2022-05-04T09:08:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T09:08:41","slug":"slang-similarities-in-english-and-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/slang-similarities-in-english-and-chinese.html","title":{"rendered":"Slang Similarities in English and Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=index-1618.html rel=\"attachment wp-att-7177\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7177\" src=index-1618.html alt=\"chinese salang_c\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/chinese-salang_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/chinese-salang_c-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/chinese-salang_c-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the process of learning Chinese, you may find that many slangs or idioms between Chinese and English are similar, like in English \u201ca piece of cake\u201dand in Chinese \u201c\u5c0f\u83dc\u4e00\u789f xi\u01ceo c\u00e0i y\u00ec di\u00e9\u201d, both expressing how easy something is; in English \u201ccasting pearls before swine\u201d and in Chinese \u201c\u5bf9\u725b\u5f39\u7434 du\u00ec ni\u00fa t\u00e1n q\u00edn\u201d, both meaning chatting with the wrong one who could not ever understand you. These slangs and idioms are always used in daily communications. They make learning Chinese more and more interesting and easier for us, don\u2019t they? Now, let\u2019s get more examples:<\/p>\n<h2>1\u3001\u7269\u4ee5\u7c7b\u805a\uff0c\u4eba\u4ee5\u7fa4\u5206(w\u00f9 y\u01d0 l\u00e8i j\u00f9, r\u00e9n y\u01d0 q\u00fan f\u0113n)<\/h2>\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp \" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"display:none;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"1\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGlnbWFuZGFyaW4uY29tL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDEzLzExLzEubXAz\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:100, height:'' };<\/script>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/15.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\">This idiom is from a story. During the warring states period, the king of JiXuan hoped Chun yukun would recommend some wise men. XuanWang was surprised that Chun recommended seven persons a day, and asked him whether he made up a number without active work . Chun yukun said: &#8220;the birds have theirs groups, the beasts have theirs herds. Because I often talk with wise men, so I can do this for you.\u201d \u201c\u7269 w\u00f9\u201d is \u201cstaffs\u201d or \u201canimals\u201d, \u201c\u4eba r\u00e9n\u201d is \u201cpeople\u201d, \u201c\u7c7bl\u00e8i\u201d and\u201c\u7fa4 q\u00fan\u201d have the same meaning of \u201cspices or group\u201d, \u201c\u805aj\u00f9\u201dand\u201c\u5206f\u0113n\u201d are \u201caround or together\u201d, \u201c\u4ee5y\u01d0\u201d is used as the preposition like \u201cby.\u201d So this sentence means \u201cStaffs will get together by their spices, people will be around by their groups\u201d. Now this idiom refers to the idea that a good person always make friends with good people, and the bad guys always get together with bad people.<\/p>\n<p>Just like \u201c<strong>Birds of a feather flock together<\/strong>\u201d in English, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>E.g.<\/strong> &nbsp;\u4ed6\u4eec\u4fe9\u90fd\u5f88\u5185\u5411\uff0c\u5174\u8da3\u7231\u597d\u53c8\u5dee\u4e0d\u591a\uff0c\u6240\u4ee5\u603b\u5728\u4e00\u8d77\u73a9\u513f\uff0c\u771f\u662f\u201c\u7269\u4ee5\u7c7b\u805a\uff0c\u4eba\u4ee5\u7fa4\u5206\u201d\uff01<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">t\u0101men li\u01ce d\u014du h\u011bn n\u00e8ixi\u00e0ng, x\u00ecngq\u00f9 \u00e0i h\u01ceo y\u00f2u ch\u00e0 b\u00f9 du\u014d, su\u01d2y\u01d0 z\u01d2ng z\u00e0i y\u00ecq\u01d0 w\u00e1nr, zh\u0113n sh\u00ec &#8220;w\u00f9y\u01d0l\u00e8ij\u00f9, r\u00e9n y\u01d0 q\u00fan f\u0113n&#8221;!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">They both are very introverted, having many interests and hobbies in common, so they always hang out together. It is so \u201cBirds of a feather flock together\u201d!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>2\u3001\u4e00\u65e5\u88ab\u86c7\u54ac\uff0c\u5341\u5e74\u6015\u4e95\u7ef3(y\u012b r\u00ec b\u00e8i sh\u00e9 y\u01ceo, sh\u00ed ni\u00e1n p\u00e0 j\u01d0ng sh\u00e9ng)<\/h2>\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_1\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp \" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_1\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_1\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_1\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_1\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"display:none;\" id=\"statusMI_1\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_1\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_1 = [\n\t{ name: \"2\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGlnbWFuZGFyaW4uY29tL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDEzLzExLzIubXAz\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[1] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_1, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:100, height:'' };<\/script>\n\u201c\u86c7sh\u00e9\u201d is \u201csnake\u201d\uff0c\u201c\u4e95\u7ef3j\u01d0ng sh\u00e9ng\u201d is \u201cwell rope\u201d, \u201c\u54acy\u01ceo\u201d means \u201cbite\u201d, because the well rope looks like the snake, so if someone were bitten by a snake one time, he would feel scared even at the sight of the well rope for decades. So this idiom means, \u201cBitten by the snake, once bitten, decades feared\u201d. This idiom refers to the idea that, once hurt after the event, he will be afraid to encounter the same or similar things.<\/p>\n<p>Just like what we have in English, \u201c<strong>A burnt child fears the fire,<\/strong>\u201d right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>E.g.<\/strong> \u4ed6\u5c0f\u5fc3\u7ffc\u7ffc\u5730\u505a\u7740\u6bcf\u4e00\u4e2a\u51b3\u5b9a\uff0c\u4e00\u65e5\u88ab\u86c7\u54ac\uff0c\u5341\u5e74\u6015\u4e95\u7ef3\uff0c\u4ed6\u4e0d\u60f3\u5386\u53f2\u7684\u9519\u8bef\u518d\u6b21\u53d1\u751f\u3002<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">t\u0101 xi\u01ceox\u012bny\u00ecy\u00ec d\u00ec zu\u00f2 zhe m\u011bi y\u00edg\u00e8 ju\u00e9 d\u00ecng, y\u012b r\u00ec b\u00e8i sh\u00e9 y\u01ceo, sh\u00ed ni\u00e1n p\u00e0 j\u01d0ngsh\u00e9ng, t\u0101 b\u00f9xi\u01ceng l\u00ec sh\u01d0 de cu\u00f2w\u00f9 z\u00e0ic\u00ec f\u0101sh\u0113ng.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">He is very careful in making every decision; a burnt child fears the fire, and he doesn&#8217;t want the historical mistakes happening again.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>3\u3001\u672a\u96e8\u7ef8\u7f2a(w\u00e8i y\u01d4 ch\u00f3u m\u00f3u)<\/h2>\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_2\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp \" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_2\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_2\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_2\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_2\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"display:none;\" id=\"statusMI_2\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_2\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_2 = [\n\t{ name: \"3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGlnbWFuZGFyaW4uY29tL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDEzLzExLzMubXAz\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[2] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_2, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:100, height:'' };<\/script>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/23.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\">This idiom comes from the book The Collection of Songs. It describes a mother bird that works hard for her nest. There are a few words in the poetry that mean: during the day it has not rained, hurry up to entangle the gap for the bird&#8217;s nest, only the nest is strong, not afraid of a storm. \u201c\u672aw\u00e8i\u201d means the perfect tense \u201chaven\u2019t,\u201d \u201c\u96e8y\u01da\u201d is the verb \u201cto rain,\u201d \u201c\u7ef8\u7f2ach\u00f3u m\u00f3u\u201d in this idiom means repaired all the staffs. Nowadays, we put this in a few words of poetry extended to &#8220;save for a rainy day,&#8221; meaning to prepare for what is impending but has not yet happened.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly the same as in English, \u201c<strong>Always prepare for a rainy day,<\/strong>\u201d isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>E. g. <\/strong> \u671f\u672b\u8003\u8bd5\u79bb\u6211\u4eec\u8fd8\u6709\u4e00\u6bb5\u65f6\u95f4\uff0c\u4f46\u6211\u4eec\u90fd\u672a\u96e8\u7ef8\u7f2a\u5730\u5f00\u59cb\u590d\u4e60\u4e86\u3002<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">q\u012bm\u00f2 k\u01ceosh\u00ec l\u00ed w\u01d2men h\u00e1iy\u01d2u y\u00eddu\u00e0n sh\u00edji\u0101n, d\u00e0n w\u01d2men d\u014du w\u00e8iy\u01d4ch\u00f3um\u00f3u d\u00ec k\u0101i sh\u01d0 f\u00f9 x\u00ed le<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Till the final exam, there is a period of time for us, but we have already started to review, like preparing for a rainy day.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>4\u3001\u8986\u6c34\u96be\u6536(f\u00f9 shu\u01d0 n\u00e1n sh\u014du)<\/h2>\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_3\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp \" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_3\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_3\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_3\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_3\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"display:none;\" id=\"statusMI_3\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_3\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_3 = [\n\t{ name: \"4\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGlnbWFuZGFyaW4uY29tL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDEzLzExLzQubXAz\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[3] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_3, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:100, height:'' };<\/script>\nIn the Shang dynasty\u2019s last years, there was a resourceful, knowledgeable man, named Jiang Shang. Livelihood issues happened in his home, his wife balked at his poverty, no longer willing to live together with him, and left him. A few years later, Jiang helped Zhou Wu Wang establish the western Zhou dynasty. His wife saw him wealthy and high status, was remorseful that she had left him, and hoped to restore the relationship with him. He poured a pot of water on the earth, and called her to put the water away. She hurried onto the floor to collect the water, but only received some of the mud. He said to her: &#8220;you have left me, we can&#8217;t get together, just like spilt water cannot be gathered up again.\u201d\u201c\u8986\u6c34f\u00f9 shu\u01d0\u201d means \u201cspilt water \u201d, \u201c\u96ben\u00e1n\u201d means \u201cdifficult \u201d,\u201c\u6536sh\u014du\u201dmeans \u201ccollect back\u201d,so this idiom means \u201cSpilt water cannot be gathered up again\u201d, \u201cwhat is done is already done\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Just like in English, \u201c<strong>Don&#8217;t cry over spilt milk<\/strong>,\u201d isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>E.g.<\/strong> \u8fd9\u4ef6\u4e8b\u4f60\u65e2\u7136\u5df2\u7ecf\u505a\u9519\u4e86\uff0c\u8986\u6c34\u96be\u6536\uff0c\u8fd8\u662f\u5438\u53d6\u6559\u8bad\u907f\u514d\u4ee5\u540e\u518d\u72af\u5427\u3002<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">zh\u00e8 ji\u00e0n sh\u00ec n\u01d0 j\u00ecr\u00e1n y\u01d0j\u012bng zu\u00f2 cu\u00f2 le, f\u00f9 shu\u01d0n\u00e1n sh\u014du, h\u00e1ish\u00ec x\u012bq\u01d4ji\u00e0ox\u00f9n b\u00ecmi\u01cen y\u01d0h\u00f2u z\u00e0if\u00e0n ba.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Since you have done wrong about this matter, what is done cannot be undone, just learn to avoid it again at a later time.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the process of learning Chinese, you may find that many slangs or idioms between Chinese and English are similar, like in English \u201ca piece of cake\u201dand in Chinese \u201c\u5c0f\u83dc\u4e00\u789f xi\u01ceo c\u00e0i y\u00ec di\u00e9\u201d, both expressing how easy something is; in English \u201ccasting pearls before swine\u201d and in Chinese \u201c\u5bf9\u725b\u5f39\u7434 du\u00ec ni\u00fa t\u00e1n q\u00edn\u201d, both&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1],"tags":[122,93,83,81],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-1106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expressions","category-learn-mandarin-online","tag-chinese-culture","tag-how-to-use","tag-reading","tag-speaking","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Slang Similarities in English and Chinese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You may find that many slangs or idioms between Chinese and English are similar. 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