{"id":148,"date":"2009-10-08T10:05:57","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T14:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=148"},"modified":"2009-10-08T10:05:57","modified_gmt":"2009-10-08T14:05:57","slug":"leaving-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/leaving-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was moving out of my apartment in Beijing, I felt a strong sense of \u7559\u604b<\/strong> (reluctance to leave) as I reflected over \u559c\u6012\u54c0\u4e50<\/strong> (all [the] types of emotions) that had taken place in that room.\u00a0 When my landlord talked about \u8865\u507f<\/strong> (compensation) from ending the contract early, I had feared that he was going to hold on to more of my rent; it turned out he only wanted one month’s rent as compensation. \u00a0 Also on my itinerary in Beijing was a wedding.\u00a0 It was there after hearing glass breaking that I heard that the noise of breaking glass at a banquet is unlucky, so people say \u5c81\u5c81\u5e73\u5b89<\/strong> (peace throughout your years, see exp. below) to counter the effects.\u00a0 As the groom was a \u56de\u6c11<\/strong> (Hui Muslim), there was a great selection of foods I had never tried before- including cow spine and some spicy pancakes.\u00a0 After setting aside the lunacy of shipping my winter coat down to Shenzhen where the temperature rarely goes below 50F, I finally settled on \u4e2d\u94c1<\/strong> (China railway) to handle my \u6258\u8fd0<\/strong> (shipping).\u00a0 It would be much cheaper than shipping it by air, and I was instructed to hold on to my \u6761\u5b50<\/strong> (slip)\u00a0 which would prove that I was the sender of the bags (besides having my name scrawled all over the bags).\u00a0 With my remaining time in Beijing before going to the airport, I went to Tiananmen Square to see the \u82b1\u8f66<\/strong> (floats) which were driven during the parade to \u7eaa\u5ff5<\/strong> (commemorate) China’s founding.<\/p>\n

\u7559\u604b liu2lian4 – to feel a sense of longing
\n\u559c\u6012\u54c0\u4e50 xi3nu4ai1le4 – all the types of emotion (happiness, anger, sadness, merriment)
\n\u8865\u507f bu3chang2 – compensation
\n\u5c81\u5c81\u5e73\u5b89 sui4sui4ping2an1 – may you have peace throughout your years.\u00a0 the reason why this is said relates to the word \u788e (sui4) meaning “shatter” or “break.”
\n\u56de\u6c11 hui2min2 – the Hui people, a Muslim group in China
\n\u4e2d\u94c1 zhong1tie3 – China Railway
\n\u6258\u8fd0 tuo1yun4 – ship
\n\u6761\u5b50 tiao2zi3 – note, slip
\n\u82b1\u8f66 hua1che1 – lit. “flower car” (floats)
\n\u7eaa\u5ff5 ji4nian4 – commemorate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was moving out of my apartment in Beijing, I felt a strong sense of \u7559\u604b (reluctance to leave) as I reflected over \u559c\u6012\u54c0\u4e50 (all [the] types of emotions) that had taken place in that room.\u00a0 When my landlord talked about \u8865\u507f (compensation) from ending the contract early, I had feared that he was…<\/p>\n

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