{"id":151,"date":"2009-10-17T12:31:48","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T16:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=151"},"modified":"2009-10-17T12:31:48","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T16:31:48","slug":"hk-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/hk-again\/","title":{"rendered":"HK Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I went to HK in search of \u58f6\u94c3<\/strong> (kettlebells) at one store and imported \u8fa3\u6912\u9171<\/strong> (hot sauce) of a particular brand at another.\u00a0 While I ended up searching for the kettlebells on \u6dd8\u5b9d<\/strong> (Taobao, an online Chinese retailer), I’m still happy to have made the effort to look.\u00a0 I was able to find some \u98ce\u5e72\u8089<\/strong> (air-cured meat) for sale at the imported foods market, although it was being sold at a \u6602\u8d35<\/strong> (very expensive) price.\u00a0 As I took the boat across the harbor with a high school classmate, I realized that the ferry operators must be \u4e8f\u672c<\/strong> (losing money) as they do not put advertisements on the interior of the boats.\u00a0 Not long afterward, I realized that they must have rights to the \u7801\u5934<\/strong> (piers), potentially guaranteeing their revenues.\u00a0 After returning to Shenzhen, I played arcade games with my classmate and found that the \u91d1\u5e01<\/strong> (gold coins [used to play the games]) cost only 0.5RMB (that’s roughly 7 cents in US Dollar terms).\u00a0 What an inexpensive way to have fun!\u00a0 We probably could have gotten to the arcade earlier if my friend’s passport hadn’t \u70c2\u6389<\/strong> (fallen\/rotten apart) in the washing machine several weeks ago, requiring that he get a replacement and produce 2 passports at border control (the rotten one with the current visa and the new, undefaced one).\u00a0 We grabbed some \u725b\u8169<\/strong> (beef tenderloin) curry and were on our way to the next adventure.<\/p>\n

\u58f6\u94c3 hu2ling2 – kettlebell (a type of weight shaped like a cannonball with a U-shaped handle)
\n\u8fa3\u6912\u9171 la4jiao1jiang4 – hot sauce
\n\u6dd8\u5b9d tao2(3)bao3 – Taobao, a Chinese e-commerce site
\n\u98ce\u5e72\u8089 feng1gan1rou4 – air-cured meat
\n\u6602\u8d35 ang2gui4 – (highly) expensive
\n\u4e8f\u672c kui1ben3 – losing money (losing operating expenses)
\n\u7801\u5934 ma3tou2 – pier\/dock
\n\u91d1\u5e01 jin1bi4 – gold coin
\n\u70c2\u6389 lan4diao4 – to rot\/fall\/come apart (specifically referring to objects)
\n\u725b\u8169 niu2nan2 – beef tenderloin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I went to HK in search of \u58f6\u94c3 (kettlebells) at one store and imported \u8fa3\u6912\u9171 (hot sauce) of a particular brand at another.\u00a0 While I ended up searching for the kettlebells on \u6dd8\u5b9d (Taobao, an online Chinese retailer), I’m still happy to have made the effort to look.\u00a0 I was able to find some…<\/p>\n

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