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Headed South Posted by on Aug 3, 2009 in Vocabulary

On my flight from Beijing to Shenzhen, I flew 海航 (Hainan Airlines), an airline with such strong 服务意识 (service awareness) that they even distributed 问卷 (surveys) at the end of the flight to get 明确 (accurate) data about the customers.  It didn’t hurt that they had high-quality 餐具 (utensils) in this case referring to a spoon with a deep scoop, a fork with sharp tines, and a knife with a sharp edge and even 玻璃杯 (glasses for drinks) for first class passengers.  Once down to Shenzhen, I picked up a pack of cards which were basically 一模一样 (exactly identical to) American Bee-style 扑克牌 (poker cards) .  Speaking in a 坦率 (frank) manner, I have to say that the price is right with the China-homegrown cards but I still prefer the smooth feel of the original.

海航 hai3hang2 – Hainan airlines
服务 fu2wu4 – service
意识 yi4shi4 – awareness
问卷 wen4juan4 – survey
明确 ming2que4 – clear, accurate
餐具 can1ju4 – utensils
玻璃杯 bo1li2bei1 – glass
一模一样 yi4mo2yi2yang4 – absolutely the same
扑克牌 pu3ke4pai2 – poker cards
坦率 tan3shuai4 – frank

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    Peter Simon:

    Hi there! Sorry to disturb the community again with my questions but I have a few nagging ones. First, what do you mean by the utensils? What did they give you? Utensil is a collective noun, could mean a lot of things. If you’d meant cutlery, I’d understand more specifically. I’m happy with the Oxford Pocket Chinese-E dictionary on this one. Then, you said actual ones. Did you expect virtual ones instead? Third, by useable, did you mean that other airlines sort out useless, or non-useable cutlery? Finally, flying down is not really the same as to the South. Down-under is not a really kind English phrase but it’s a jocular customary phrase. But you can’t do a bungee-jump to Shengzhen.
    With best regards, SP

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