A little game…?
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guardian_learningIt's already TGIF where I am, so 我们来玩玩游戏吧！
Since languages are all about connections, and everyone sees different patterns in the chaos:
Post a bit of vocab below, and I (plus anyone else who wants to play!) will reply with other bits of vocab that feel related to it!
Any shape or size of vocab goes – whether a single character or an idiom, your favourite word or one you just learned.
If you're responding, feel free to add why these words seem related to you! "They're the same shape/sound", or "it's a valid answer to 接龙ing the above", or "it came up together in one line of this show"… anything goes! 放飞创意吧！
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Date: 2022-10-07 12:54 am (UTC)My word: 江湖!
(because Zhou Shen's 江湖觅知音 is currently set as my alarm, heh)
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Date: 2022-10-07 01:19 am (UTC)世界科幻大会！
Date: 2022-10-07 08:06 am (UTC)I always think of this song
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Date: 2022-10-07 03:37 pm (UTC)成语
Date: 2022-10-07 06:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-07 07:08 pm (UTC)The word/term it makes me think of is 舞刀, I guess because of the similar use of 舞 to suggest sweeping movements and flourishes.
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Date: 2022-10-07 07:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-07 07:25 pm (UTC)我爱那个！
Date: 2022-10-07 08:27 pm (UTC)Re: 我爱那个！
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Date: 2022-10-07 10:31 pm (UTC)Re: 我爱那个！
Date: 2022-10-08 01:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-10-08 03:18 am (UTC)Ha, this one comes along with 班门弄斧 in my head for some reason (and further on to 隔岸观火, in the vein of "doing this thing in this place" format)
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Date: 2022-10-08 03:29 am (UTC)It's a satisfyingly dramatic image! Related-ish: 龙凤胎, purely because also 龙 and 凤.
Tangentially, calligraphy makes me think of 文房四宝 aka 笔墨纸砚, and also 永 containing all the strokes ever.
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Date: 2022-10-08 03:32 am (UTC)宜家 for IKEA is a favourite of mine! I do like it when they get the jackpot of both sound and meaning.
Re: 成语
Date: 2022-10-08 03:48 am (UTC)Another one – 画龙点睛!
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Date: 2022-10-08 03:49 am (UTC)Conversely, you have 武术 with 武 to specify "this is an art that will Kick Your Ass" XD
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Date: 2022-10-08 03:52 am (UTC)Literal parallel from the English construction! (laugh+able, 可+笑)
Related: 可喜可贺、可悲、可怜……
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Date: 2022-10-08 04:26 am (UTC)In that theme, I'll go with 恒星, a more scientific term for 'star'. (+1: 冥王星 our dearly departed (from planetary status) Pluto.)
* Edited to add: I have since learned where worldcon is happening next year *facepalm* If you go, safe travels!
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Date: 2022-10-08 05:18 am (UTC)On the topic of brand names, it took me way too long to figure out what 微软 was.
Re: 我爱那个！
Date: 2022-10-08 05:33 am (UTC)(I hadn't known of 然而不然 before this, so going off of that - it reminded me of 坐井观天, where one only sees a part instead of the full picture or the truth?)
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Date: 2022-10-08 06:32 am (UTC)And for the second one, 远水不救近火.
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Date: 2022-10-08 06:42 am (UTC)I really like the word for nebula, 星云.