Date: November 26th, 2003
Cate: Chinese Word of the Day
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– Shi1 – Lose

Movie titles are funny. Why don’t they just translate them directly? 失蹤 – Shi1 Zong1 – Lose Trace — Missing would have been perfect, but instead they call it 山窮水盡 – Shan1 Qiong2 Shui3 Jin4 – Mountain Poor Water Utmost. What? I guess it’s not as bad as it seems, Jenny tells me this is one of those four word proverbs, and it means a hopeless situation.

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