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BLUE SUN ROOM FAN FICTION - GENERAL
I always have difficulty finding the Chinese phrase I'm looking for, so I've compiled a list. I thought it might be helpful to everyone else too, so I wanted to share it :) I'll update it every time I find a new phrase, feel free to add your own in the comments.
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Angry/Cussing/Name Calling
wang ba dan - dirty bastards (S.O.B.'s)
kewu de lao baojun - horrible old tyrant
Bu hao - Not good
Gou huang tang - Enough of this nonsense
Jian ta de gui - Like Hell
Bu yao - don’t want
Boo-tai jung-tzahng-duh - Not entirely sane
Liou coe shway duh biao-tze huh hoe-tze duh ur-tze - Stupid son of a drooling whore and a monkey
Go tsao de - Dog humping
Qing wa cao de liu mang - Frog humping son of a bitch
Qu ni de - Screw you
Nimen dou shi shagua - Idiots, all of you
Suoxi - Petty
Love, Affection, and Beauty
Duo xiang ni ya - I missed you so much
nǐ yào bú yào gēn wǒ tiàowǔ - Would to like to dance with me?
Wo ai ni - I love you
Nǐ zhēn niú! - You’re outstanding!
Yi jian zhong qing - It was love at first sight
Wo de xin zhi wei ni er tiao dong - My heart beats only for you
Baobei - sweetheart
Funny/Exclamatory
Wǒ de qìdiànchuán chōngmǎn le shànyú - My hovercraft is full of eels.
Tian Yesu qi sheng ti tou - Sweet Jesus and his holy body piercings
Wo de ma - Mother of God
Nǎlǐ, nǎlǐ! - Not me!
Zhēnde! Wǒ yìdiǎn dōu búkèqile! - Really! I’m not being polite at all!
Wo de tien, ah - Dear God in Heaven
Renci de Fozu, qing baoyou women - Oh merciful Buddha, protect us.
Oh, juh jen sh guh kwai luh duh jean jan - Oh, this is a happy development
Tyen shiao duh - In the name of all that is sacred
Wo zai qianshi yiding redao shenme ren le ba - I surely annoyed someone or other in a past life, didn't I
Tai hao la! - I really like it!
Gei wo! - Give me this!
Sayings/Proverbs
Yǒu yuán qiānlǐ lái xiānghuì. - We have the destiny to meet across a thousand miles.
shù dǎo hú sūn sàn - When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter
yi ke lao shu shi huai le yi guo Zhou - One mouse dropping ruins the whole pot of rice porridge
shuǐ néng zài zhōu, yì néng fù zhōu - Not only can water float a boat, it can sink it also
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò -If you have the money, you can make the devil push your grindstone
Yúzhě bù wèn, wèn zhě bù yú - The fool does not ask, he who asks is no fool
Conversational/Asking/Explanatory
zhèiwèi xiānsheng huì qīngdān/máidān - The gentleman will pay for everything
zhèiwèi nǔshì huì qīngdān/máidān - The lady will pay for everything
huì, yīdiǎndiǎn/yīdiǎnr - Yes, a little
Hui yi dian dian - Just a little
Máfan nǐ xiě yīxià, hǎo bù hǎo? - Please write it down
zhù nǐ háoyùn - Good luck
hǎojǐu bújiàn - Long time, no see
wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne - I’m fine thanks, and you?
dài huì ér jiàn - See you later
Qing bang zhu wo - Please help me
Dong ma - Understand
Qing jin - Come in
Apologies and Uncomfortableness
Wo you dian bu shu fu - I feel sick
Wo yao kan yi sheng - I need a doctor
zhè téng - It hurts here
Wo yao qu ce suo - I want to go to the toilet
Wo lei le - I’m tired
Na mei guan xi - That has nothing to do with it
Fēi xià kǔgōngfū bùkě. - It requires painstaking efforts
Bùhǎoyìsi, yǒushì. Yàozǒule. - I’m sorry, I have something to do. I have to go.
Méi bànfǎ, rén tàiduō. - There’s nothing you can do, too many people.
fāntiān fùdì - A topsy-turvy world
Ài mò néng zhù - Love to, but can’t help
Shuh muh - I'm sorry
yi xiang qing yuan - Enthusiastic, but unable to
Tai gui le - Too expensive
wǒ tīngbùdǒng - I don’t understand
Wo ye bu zhi dao - I have no idea
Wo gai zou le - I have to go
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