{"id":190,"date":"2010-02-23T00:14:16","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T04:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=190"},"modified":"2010-02-23T00:14:16","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T04:14:16","slug":"border-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/border-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Delay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I was crossing back into Shenzhen from Hong Kong when something out of the ordinary happened.\u00a0 The immigration officer at the desk felt strongly that the photo on my \u62a4\u7167<\/strong> (passport) did not \u50cf<\/strong> (look like) the person standing in front of her.\u00a0 She consulted with the officer sitting adjacent to her, and then she prevailed upon the \u503c\u73ed\u9886\u961f<\/strong> (on-duty leader) to comment on if the person on the photo was, in fact, the person standing in front of her.\u00a0 This may have something to do with the fact that I recently \u7559\u80e1\u5b50<\/strong> (was growing a beard).\u00a0 I wasn’t afraid so much as annoyed, after all I could not possibly be found to not be Andrew \u672c\u4eba<\/strong> (myself).\u00a0 I hope to sort this photo problem out soon by getting a new passport, even though it will be years before my current passport \u5230\u671f<\/strong> (expires). \u00a0 Since my \u7b7e\u8bc1<\/strong> (visa) will soon also expire, when I \u518d\u6b21\u529e<\/strong> (next [apply]) I’d say solely doing a new China visa \u4e0d\u5982<\/strong> (is not as good as) obtaining a new passport as well.<\/p>\n

\u62a4\u7167 hu4zhao4 – passport
\n\u50cf xiang4 – look like, to look like or appear similar to sth.\/sb.
\n\u503c\u73ed\u9886\u961f zhi2ban1ling3dui4 – on-duty [team] leader
\n\u7559 liu2 – to grow (of hair)
\n\u80e1\u5b50 hu2zi3 – facial hair\/beard
\n\u672c\u4eba ben3ren2 – myself (can also be used to mean “himself”)
\n\u5230\u671f dao4qi1 – to expire (lit. “arrive period”)
\n\u7b7e\u8bc1 qian1zheng4 – visa
\n\u518d\u6b21 zai4ci4 – again, the next time
\n\u529e ban4 – do (in the case of visas, “apply”)
\n\u4e0d\u5982 bu4ru2 – is not as good as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I was crossing back into Shenzhen from Hong Kong when something out of the ordinary happened.\u00a0 The immigration officer at the desk felt strongly that the photo on my \u62a4\u7167 (passport) did not \u50cf (look like) the person standing in front of her.\u00a0 She consulted with the officer sitting adjacent to her, and then…<\/p>\n

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