{"id":1265,"date":"2012-12-04T21:55:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T13:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/akikolingoland.com\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2015-05-21T21:23:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T13:23:59","slug":"know-the-origins-1-long-time-no-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akikolingoland.com\/en\/know-the-origins-1-long-time-no-see\/","title":{"rendered":"Know the Origins (1) – Long Time No See"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we all know, the English language has borrowed extensively from different languages. Let\u2019s have a look at some expressions that have originated from Chinese.<\/p>\n

The expression we\u2019re going to learn today is \u2018long time no see\u2019, which came from \u201c\u597d\u4e45\u4e0d\u89c1\u201d(h\u01ceo ji\u01d4 b\u00fa ji\u00e0n).<\/p>\n

01 long time no see<\/a><\/p>\n

\u597d\uff1aHere, \u201c\u597d\u201d does not mean \u2018good\u2019. It means \u2018quite\u2019, \u2018rather\u2019.
\n\u4e45\uff1aa long time
\n\u4e0d\uff1ano, not
\n\u89c1\uff1ameet, see<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a simple dialogue:<\/p>\n

02 long time no see<\/a>
\n03 long time no see<\/a><\/p>\n

H\u01ceo ji\u01d4 b\u00fa ji\u00e0n!
\nA\uff1a \u597d\u4e45\u4e0d\u89c1\uff01<\/strong>
\nLong time no see!<\/p>\n

H\u01ceo ji\u01d4 b\u00fa ji\u00e0n!
\nB\uff1a \u597d\u4e45\u4e0d\u89c1\uff01<\/strong>
\nLong time no see!<\/p>\n

N\u01d0 h\u01ceo ma?
\nA\uff1a \u4f60\u597d\u5417\uff1f<\/strong>
\nHow are you?<\/p>\n

H\u011bn h\u01ceo, n\u01d0 ne?
\nB\uff1a \u5f88\u597d\uff0c\u4f60\u5462\uff1f<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m fine, and you?<\/p>\n

H\u00e1i h\u01ceo.
\nA\uff1a \u8fd8\u597d\u3002<\/strong>
\nNot bad.<\/p>\n

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As we all know, the English language has borrowed extensively from different languages. Let\u2019s have a look at some expressions that have originated from Chinese. The expression we\u2019re going to learn today is \u2018long time no see\u2019,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[293,79,82,177],"tags":[231],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-greetings","category-mandarin","category-useful-phrases","tag-loan-words"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t