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roddy -

一推六二五 yītuī liù'èrwǔ - avoid responsibility (?) Heard here.



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studentyoung -



Quote:

一推六二五 yītuī liù'èrwǔ - avoid responsibility (?)

Yes.


Quote:

现代汉语词典将“一退六二五”解释为：本是一句珠算斤两法口诀，16除1是0
.0625，借用做推卸干净的意思。退是“推”的谐音，有时就说成“推”。

For more details, please check the link below.
http://cache.baidu.com/c?word=%D2%BB...d64&user=baidu

Thanks!










cdn_in_bj -

队尾 (dui4 wei3) - means end of the (or last one in) line/queue.

I was in line to pay for something today and a woman came up and asked me "您是队尾?"

I had never heard this expression before but it only took me a moment to figure out what it meant.
It's not a question one gets asked nearly enough here.










文言訓開班 -

"尾" can be used to refer to the ends of lots of things (especially things that actually have
尾巴). In Hong Kong, the final stop on a subway line is the 尾站.

贿赂 - hui2 lu4. To be 很有钱的. I saw it in a comic book translated from Japanese into
Chinese.










roddy -

贿赂 I only know as bribe, never seen it meaning rich.

坐台 zuòtái, to sit-bar or work as a hostess in a bar. I won't comment on the implications of
the profession, but observe the url of the first result on Google for the phrase.










Lu -

尼斯嘎阿 Nisga'a, a Canadian Indian tribe that was one of the first with their own government.
Very random word from an article on Aboriginals. Was a real pest to find the translation for this
one, I kept finding Nice & Cannes but these are not, of course, in Canada.










in_lab -

俟 si4 to wait for/until

被限制出境者需俟繳清限制出境時全部欠稅及罰鍰始可解除出境限制
bonus word: 罰鍰 fa2 huan2: fine










bomaci -

磨蹭 - mo2ceng , to idle. Can be used to tell someone off when your in a hurry to get somewhere
and someone who is going with you is just sitting around.










chenpv -

Roller coaster 过山车

I still don't know the Chinese equivalent when it is used as a verb. 跌宕起伏？










roddy -

闷酒, mènjiǔ - alcohol drunk alone while miserable.












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