Carluelle

J'aime m'échapper dans d'autres mondes, je suis "dans la Lune".

[lypomania]

unassorted thai vocab #2

these are mostly just from my tutoring sessions from the past two weeks (shout out to Pop you're the best tutor i've ever had!)

โทรหา - to call (by phone) ใต้ - underneath; below อีกที - one more time; again โรง - building หนัง - movie; skin น่ากลัว - scary; frightening ทั้งคู่ - both ทั้งที่ - whilst; although นักร้อง - singer ร้องเพลง - to sing a song เครียด - stressed สอน - to teach ยุ่ง - busy อายุยืน - a long live; longevity ว่าง - free; vacant; leisure เช่า - to rent เวลาว่าง - free time ให้กำลังใจ - to encourage ออกกำลังกาย - to exercise ให้ได้ - at all costs; no matter what บริการ - service ให้บริการ - to give service สั่ง(ผ่านแอป) - to order (through app) กันยายน - september ธันวาคม - december ว่ายน้ำ - to swim

[slylystupendousknight]

Random Chinese Vocab Notes #1

步摇 bu4yao2 : un ornament qui pendouille et fait du bruit à chaque pas

把步摇为我戴上吧，再换身衣裙，然后备好酒菜，恭候陛下。

九五之尊 jiu3wu3zhi1zun1 : imperial throne, faut le savoir

请君入瓮 qing3jun1ru4weng4 : please sir, get into the boiling pot = have a taste of your own medecine

缠绵 chan2mian2 : mélodieux et sentimentale/ melodious and sentimental / lingering (illness)

缠绵的爱情故事

缠绵于病榻

显示 xian3shi4 : display / montrer

手机屏幕上显示二十多条微信消息提示。

垫底 dian4di3 : put at the bottom

我？估计又垫底了。

[jadeseadragon]

Kinuko Y. Craft (b. 1940), illustrations from “Beauty and the Beast.”

[slylystupendousknight]

Thai vocabulary

ชายหาด chai: hat:L = the beach / la plage

วันต่อมา เขาไปเที่ยวที่ชายหาดในจังหวัดภูเก็ต

ถ่ายรูป tai:L rup:F = take pictures / prendre une photo

เขาว่ายน้ำ ถ่ายรูป และนั่งพักใต้ต้นมะพร้าว

เรื่องสั้น reuang:F sanF = short story

สั้น = short / court

นวนิยาย naH waH niH yai: = novel / roman

นว = new, modern / nouveau + นิยาย = fairy tale / conte

ฉันกำลังอ่านนวนิยายเรื่องหนึ่ง เรื่องนี้ได้รับความนิยมมาก เพราะเนื้อเรื่องสนุกและตัวละครน่าสนใจ

Notes: My personal prononciation notetaking abrevations are

: = long vowel

H = high tone

L = low tone

R = rising tone

F = falling tone

[slylystupendousknight]

Weekly vocabulary #6

纠缠 jiu1chan2 : 1 ) get entangled 2) to nag, pester

→ 但我不准。苏世誉，我要和你纠缠一辈子。(aww)

→ 他忙着呢，别纠缠他了。

顺水推舟 shun4shui3tui1chuan2: (lit)push the boat along with the current = to take advantage of a situation / prendre avantage de la situation pour son propre bénéfice

→ 那时你遣散府中美姬，也不是因为喜欢，而是为了顺水推舟地处理各方送来的细作。而她们，大概都已经死了。

俯身 fu3shen1 : bend over / se pencher

→ 柳云姿困惑地见那女子微俯身仔细看着自己，正欲开口却听她厉声道：“是她！”

举手之劳 ju3shou3zhi1lao2 : as easy as lifting one's finger / aussi facile que de lever sa main

→ 苏世誉看了眼孩子，淡淡一笑，“举手之劳罢了。”

掌柜 zhang3gui4 : shopkeeper / patron de magasin

→ 掌柜笑笑，“毕竟根在这里，不到不得已，谁也不想走。”

斥候 chi4hou4 : a scout / un éclaireur

→ 斥候没再多看就赶了回来，向我回报的时候还心有余悸，说是惨烈无比。

[slylystupendousknight]

Note to self : I absolutely have to get back to reading Chinese, so many things I want to read !

[nthegg]

lionheart

[gotheyjoy]

throbb? throbb.

[expressions-of-nature]

by Igor Svibilsky

[ilynpilled]

ASOIAF POVs by EtceteraArt

[jonesybird]

i love the asoiaf books as much as the next person but also 'you don't have to call me your grace when no one's around'

[gotheyjoy]

Theon Week day 1: Theon Eras

Theon, Turncloak, Reek

[slylystupendousknight]

Weekly vocabulary #6

纠缠 jiu1chan2 : 1 ) get entangled 2) to nag, pester

→ 但我不准。苏世誉，我要和你纠缠一辈子。(aww)

→ 他忙着呢，别纠缠他了。

顺水推舟 shun4shui3tui1chuan2: (lit)push the boat along with the current = to take advantage of a situation / prendre avantage de la situation pour son propre bénéfice

→ 那时你遣散府中美姬，也不是因为喜欢，而是为了顺水推舟地处理各方送来的细作。而她们，大概都已经死了。

俯身 fu3shen1 : bend over / se pencher

→ 柳云姿困惑地见那女子微俯身仔细看着自己，正欲开口却听她厉声道：“是她！”

举手之劳 ju3shou3zhi1lao2 : as easy as lifting one's finger / aussi facile que de lever sa main

→ 苏世誉看了眼孩子，淡淡一笑，“举手之劳罢了。”

掌柜 zhang3gui4 : shopkeeper / patron de magasin

→ 掌柜笑笑，“毕竟根在这里，不到不得已，谁也不想走。”

斥候 chi4hou4 : a scout / un éclaireur

→ 斥候没再多看就赶了回来，向我回报的时候还心有余悸，说是惨烈无比。

[slylystupendousknight]

Weekly vocabulary #5

This was a busy week, I did read a lot but was too lazy to take any notes or even look up vocabulary woops

Couldn't find time to study some textbook either :(

But here goes some new words (again, examples sentences mostly from Jun you ji fou) :

通敌 tong1di2 : collude with the ennemy / collaborer avec l'ennemi

→ 方才有人向朕禀告，说是魏爱卿通敌叛国。

纳闷 na4men4 : perplexe, puzzled, bewildered / être perplexe

→ 我就纳闷我表哥为什么没趁着人少的时候弄死你。

忙碌 mang2lu4 : busy, bustle about / être occupé

→ 苏世誉侧头望去，不远处池塘一顷碧水，几个人正忙碌。“那边是在做什么？”

席位 xi2wei4 : seat / siège attitré (à une conférence par ex)

→ 拥有议会中的多数席位

不妨 bu4fang4 : there is no harm in, might as well / rien n'empêche de

→ 不妨说来听听？

讥讽 ji1feng3 : to ridicule / satire, persifler

→ 讥讽的话自然而然地就出来了口，“楚将军这么晚还有事要忙啊？”

[baiwu-jinji]

the lotus flower

In this post I want to briefly talk about the dual symbolisms of lotus flower in Jun You Ji Fou (the novel I’m reading recently). For people who aren’t familiar with the novel, read it for the Chinese culture trivia if you like, there won’t be too much spoilers :)

One of the most recognizable traits of Chu Mingyun’s appearance is the blood red lotus flower pattern on his clothes. The crimson lotus is beautiful and striking, just like Chu Mingyun, but in Buddhism it’s also associated with hell – one of the strata of hell is so cold that people’s skin would turn blood red and crack open like the lotus flower, hence the name “Red Lotus Hell” (红莲地狱). Chu Mingyun is indeed like a vicious ghost that climbed out of hell for revenge – all his life decisions are defined by his childhood trauma; his entire character is like a bleeding wound. In the words of the novel:

他说他其实是孤魂野鬼，因为有执念才没死干净，苍梧山上灵气充足，他修行完就要去吃人了！

“He said he was in fact a lone ghost in the wild that didn’t dissipate only because he had unfinished business in this world. Cangwu Mountain is rich with spiritual energy, and he’ll be off to devour people after he completes his cultivation here!”

But at the same time, the lotus flower is consistently used as a symbol of love between Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu in the story. The Chinese character for “lotus”, 莲 (lian), is the homophone of 怜 (lian), which means “love, pity, fondness” (coincidentally, it’s the same “lian” in TGCF’s Xie Lian). And the Chinese phrase for “lotus seed”, 莲子, is the homophone of 怜子, which is an archaic and literary way of saying “I love you.”

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[slylystupendousknight]

Weekly Vocab #4

If you wanted to study some Chinese vocabulary in context from the danmei novel 君有疾否 (Is the gentleman feeling alright ?), here you go...

So all of the example sentences are from that book

平白无故 ping2bai2wu2gu4 : for no apparent reason / pour aucune raison

→ 表哥，那玉佩对你真的很重要的不是吗，你平白无故送给他干嘛啊？

出乎意料 chu1hu1yi4liao4 : contrary to one's expectation

→ 苏世誉离京巡狩后，楚党出乎意料地没有任何动作。

嗤之以鼻 chi1zhi1yi3bi2 : to give a snort of contempt

→ 楚明允闻言嗤之以鼻。

貌相 mao4xiang4 : appearence, 人不可貌相 : to judge by appearances

→ 苏大人真是……人不可貌相！

妥帖 tuo3tie1 : appropriate, fitting, proper / adéquat

→ 既然已经给了他了，那使是他的东西，妥帖收着也好，随手扔了也罢，凭他心意就是。

仰慕 yang3mu4 : admire

→ 小女仰慕大人已久。

[slylystupendousknight]

Weekly Vocab #3

凑巧 cou4qiao3 : luckily, as chance would have it / par chance

→ 让我想想若不是那天我凑巧跟苏世誉碰在了一起，她是不是打算再告诉我对方是御史大夫？

蜿蜒 wan1yan2 : wriggle, zigzag / serpenter, faire des zigzag

→ 小路蜿蜒而上。

摆动 bai3dong4 : swing, sway / se balancer

→ 春天，树叶开始闪出黄青，花苞轻轻地在风中摆动，似乎还带着一种冬天的昏黄。

写生 xie3sheng1 : sketch from life / faire des croquis

→ 美术课的时候要在这里写生。

挑刺 tiao1ci4 : find faults, pick holes

→ 很多人看到自拍或者好看的照片第一反应就是挑刺。

[slylystupendousknight]

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