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Originally posted by shamanxia:
I speak chinese... I'd have to say there is something wrong in your translation.

Although your translations are literally correct. I don't think is really conveys the right meaning.

What should be said;

Ni gou shi de huang yan.

'Your lies are like dog shit'
in mandrin

Guo shi jian se de huang yan

'pile of dog shit, bastard or a liar'
Also in mandrin

But the most colorful chinese swears (IMO) are in Cantonese

puo kai, sai zai guo fai zai

'you 'unlucky', dead (dying), Fat MF'

In my experience more people use dog shit (gou shi) as a describing someone as a piece of shit. That way you are denouncing them as both a dog (you work hard and then get kicked around where as other animals either get rewarded or run away - probably because of a dog loyality) and as shit.

It's easy to get literal translations or everything but chinese grammar doesn't really let you make everything into an insult.

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Originally posted by bullet0in0the0brainpan0squish:
Xie xie for the translations.^^ Of course it helps to know how to swear in Mandarin! There ain't nothin cooler than being able to swear in another language!^^

One question though. How do you say 'no' in Chinese?

Xie xie in advance!

~This must be what going mad feels like. -Dr. Simon Tam, "Jaynestown"

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Originally posted by fei:

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Originally posted by bullet0in0the0brainpan0squish:
Xie xie for the translations.^^ Of course it helps to know how to swear in Mandarin! There ain't nothin cooler than being able to swear in another language!^^

One question though. How do you say 'no' in Chinese?

Xie xie in advance!

~This must be what going mad feels like. -Dr. Simon Tam, "Jaynestown"

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'no' in mandarin is 'bu':
'bu yao' is no need
'bu shi' means 'is not'
'bu chuo' mean 'not bad'
'bu dui' means 'not correct'
'bu ke yi' means 'cannot'

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