{"id":23,"date":"2008-10-13T22:32:56","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T02:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=23"},"modified":"2008-10-13T22:32:56","modified_gmt":"2008-10-14T02:32:56","slug":"macau-lemonade-out-of-lemons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/macau-lemonade-out-of-lemons\/","title":{"rendered":"Macau – Lemonade out of Lemons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whilst in Hong Kong, I went with a friend of mine to \u6fb3\u95e8<\/strong> (Macau). We went to the Sands and Venetian casinos. They had \u4e8c\u5341\u4e00\u70b9<\/strong>(blackjack), \u767e\u5bb6\u4e50<\/strong>(baccarat), roulette, and others. I stuck to \u4e8c\u5341\u4e00\u70b9<\/strong> while my friend played the \u8001\u864e\u673a<\/strong>\uff08slots\uff09. I changed 500 \u6e2f\u5e01<\/strong> (hong kong dollars) into \u7b79\u7801<\/strong>(chips) and hit the table. The lowest bet was 200, so it was very much a sink-or-swim situation. I played by the rules of the house (stand on 17 or higher, hit on 16 or lower) and before I knew it I was holding 1200 in chips. I took 500 in chips and went to \u6362\u73b0\u91d1<\/strong> (convert to cash) so that I’d only be gambling with my earnings. The 700 quickly became 100, so I had to \u638f\u8170\u5305<\/strong> again and drop another 500HKD. Playing by the same strategy, I got up to 1950HKD and called it a night. I liked winning, and continuing to play just kept the joy alive.\u00a0 Alas, all good things must come to an end and by the end of the night me and my friend were back in HK.<\/p>\n

vocab-<\/p>\n

\u6fb3\u95e8Ao4men2 – macau
\n\u4e8c\u5341\u4e00\u70b9er4shi2yi1dian3 – blackjack
\n\u767e\u5bb6\u4e50bai2jia1le4- baccarat
\n\u8001\u864e\u673a lao3(2)hu3ji1 – slot machines
\n\u7b79\u7801chou2ma3 – gambling chips
\n\u6e2f\u5e01gang3bi4 – HKD
\n\u6362huan4 – to change\/exchange
\n\u73b0\u91d1xian4jin1 – cash
\n\u638f\u8170\u5305tao1yao1bao1 – to pay (colloquial exp.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whilst in Hong Kong, I went with a friend of mine to \u6fb3\u95e8 (Macau). We went to the Sands and Venetian casinos. They had \u4e8c\u5341\u4e00\u70b9(blackjack), \u767e\u5bb6\u4e50(baccarat), roulette, and others. I stuck to \u4e8c\u5341\u4e00\u70b9 while my friend played the \u8001\u864e\u673a\uff08slots\uff09. I changed 500 \u6e2f\u5e01 (hong kong dollars) into \u7b79\u7801(chips) and hit the table. The lowest bet…<\/p>\n

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