A Real English to Chinese Dictionary Project

A Real English to Chinese Dictionary Project
- When Literal Translation Doesn't Work

I'd like to start a new post with a project aimed to improving mutual understanding between English and Chinese speakers.

Literal translation (i.e., word-to-word translation) often fails to convey the true meaning of a phrase. The meanings of words can diverge significantly between western languages and Chinese. Therefore, I want to start a project to collect English and Chinese word pairs with their true meaning equivalents. The rules are as follows:

1. Post English and Chinese word pairs that you believe have the same meaning. The format is 'English, Chinese'.
2. Anyone can question the word pairs and discuss their real meanings.
3. Once a proposition is settled down, I will add it to a csv file, which can easily be transformed into an Excel sheet and imported to a database. I will attach the CSV file to my post.

Here are some examples:

1,"According to Chinese medicine, you have too much yang energy.",上火
2,Bless you! (after sneezing),你待上哪儿啊？（回应别人打喷嚏）
3,fate/destiny,缘分
4,How's it going?,你胖了。（只能对男人说。根据情况。）
5,look after your parents/filial piety,孝顺
6,Mind how you go.,慢走。
7,prosperity,红红火火
8,"sulk, e.g., She is sulking.",撒娇
9,That's so cool!,这真是太有趣了！
10,weird,尴尬的
11,yellow,柠檬黄

Real English to Chinese Dictionary.csv