{"id":953,"date":"2013-01-21T17:02:54","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T06:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/?p=953"},"modified":"2013-01-21T17:03:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T06:03:52","slug":"random-word-trivia-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/random-word-trivia-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Word Trivia #8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now it’s time for another Random Word Trivia Quiz!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which of these can you guess the Chinese and English for?<\/p>\n

Answers are at the bottom! (Don’t peek until you can figure them out!)<\/p>\n

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  1. You have a big belly, possibly from too much eating or drinking (noun)<\/li>\n
  2. You know someone who has a huge vocabulary and seems to know the meaning of almost any word. (noun)<\/li>\n
  3. One of the most painful sounds a human can make by rubbing two objects together. (cultural concept)<\/li>\n
  4. You sing with your mouth closed, like a bee. (verb)<\/li>\n
  5. A child who is a genius. (noun)<\/li>\n
  6. There\u2019s lots of bureaucracy you have to complete to get something done. (name of a concept)<\/li>\n
  7. You have a really old, big mobile phone. (noun)<\/li>\n
  8. You used to play this when you were a kid, throwing rocks across a river or lake. (verb)<\/li>\n
  9. Those long really cars that celebrities and wedding parties ride in. (noun)<\/li>\n
  10. You always believe the worst in people. (name of a concept)<\/li>\n
  11. The person who makes an income to support the family.<\/li>\n
  12. You set aside positions for your friends and family to fill. (name of a concept)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    \u2014\u2013<\/p>\n

    Answers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. You have a big belly, possibly from too much eating or drinking. (noun) English: <\/b>beer belly; pot belly. Chinese:<\/b> \u5c06\u519b\u809a ji\u0101ngj\u016bnd\u00f9; \u5564\u9152\u809a p\u00edji\u01d4d\u00f9.<\/li>\n
    2. You know someone who has a huge vocabulary and seems to know the meaning of almost any word. (noun) English: <\/b>walking dictionary. Chinese: \u6d3b\u5b57\u5178 hu\u00f3z\u00ecdi\u01cen.<\/li>\n
    3. One of the most painful sounds a human can make by rubbing two objects together. (cultural concept) English:<\/b> nails on a chalkboard. Chinese: <\/b>\u523a\u8033\u7684\u58f0\u97f3\uff1b\u7528\u5200\u5272\u6613\u62c9\u7f50\u513f c\u00ec’\u011br de sh\u0113ngy\u012bn; y\u00f2ng d\u0101o g\u0113 y\u00ecl\u0101gu\u00e0nr.<\/li>\n
    4. You sing with your mouth closed, like a bee. (verb) English: <\/b>hum. Chinese:<\/b> \u54fc\u7740\u5c0f\u8c03 h\u0113ng zhe xi\u01ceodi\u00e0o.<\/li>\n
    5. A child who is a genius. (noun) English:<\/b> child prodigy. Chinese:<\/b> \u795e\u7ae5 sh\u00e9nt\u00f3ng.<\/li>\n
    6. There\u2019s lots of bureaucracy you have to complete to get something done. (name of a concept) English: <\/b>red tape. Chinese:<\/b> \u7e41\u6587\u7f1b\u8282 f\u00e1nw\u00e9nr\u00f9ji\u00e9.<\/li>\n
    7. You have a really old, big mobile phone. (noun) English: <\/b>brick. Chinese:<\/b> \u5927\u54e5\u5927 d\u00e0g\u0113d\u00e0.<\/li>\n
    8. You used to play this when you were a kid, throwing rocks across a river or lake. (verb) English: <\/b>skip stones. Chinese:<\/b> \u6253\u6c34\u6f02 d\u01ce shu\u01d0pi\u0101o.<\/li>\n
    9. Those really long cars that celebrities and wedding parties ride in. (noun) English: <\/b>limousine. Chinese:<\/b> \u8c6a\u534e\u8f7f\u8f66 h\u00e1ohu\u00e1ji\u00e0och\u0113; \u6797\u80af L\u00ednk\u011bn.<\/li>\n
    10. You always believe the worst in people. (name of a concept) English:<\/b> cynicism. Chinese:<\/b> \u72ac\u5112\u4e3b\u4e49 qu\u01cenr\u00fazh\u01d4y\u00ec.<\/li>\n
    11. The person who makes an income to support the family. English: <\/b>breadwinner. Chinese:<\/b> \u517b\u5bb6\u7cca\u53e3\u7684\u4eba y\u01cengji\u0101h\u00fak\u01d2u de r\u00e9n.<\/li>\n
    12. You set aside positions for your friends and family to fill. (name of a concept) English: <\/b>nepotism. Chinese: <\/b>\u4efb\u4eba\u552f\u4eb2 r\u00e8nr\u00e9nw\u00e9iq\u012bn; \u88d9\u5e26\u5173\u7cfb q\u00fand\u00e0i gu\u0101nxi.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Now it’s time for another Random Word Trivia Quiz! Which of these can you guess the Chinese and English for? Answers are at the bottom! (Don’t peek until you can figure them out!) You have a big belly, possibly from too much eating or drinking (noun) You know someone who has a huge vocabulary and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"libsyn-item-id":0,"libsyn-show-id":0,"libsyn-post-error":"","libsyn-post-error_post-type":"","libsyn-post-error_post-permissions":"","libsyn-post-error_api":"","playlist-podcast-url":"","libsyn-episode-thumbnail":"","libsyn-episode-widescreen_image":"","libsyn-episode-blog_image":"","libsyn-episode-background_image":"","libsyn-post-episode-category-selection":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_thumbnail":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_theme":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_height":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_width":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_placement":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link_text":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_custom_color":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-explicit":"","libsyn-post-episode":"","libsyn-post-episode-update-id3":"","libsyn-post-episode-release-date":"","libsyn-post-episode-simple-download":"","libsyn-release-date":"","libsyn-post-update-release-date":"","libsyn-is_draft":"","libsyn-new-media-media":"","libsyn-post-episode-subtitle":"","libsyn-new-media-image":"","libsyn-post-episode-keywords":"","libsyn-post-itunes":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-season-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-type":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-title":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-author":"","libsyn-destination-releases":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-enabled":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-input-enabled":false,"libsyn-post-episode-premium_state":"","libsyn-episode-shortcode":"","libsyn-episode-embedurl":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[74,5,26,6,19,22,108,4,21,10],"class_list":["post-953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trivia","tag-adjectives","tag-chinese-into-english-translation","tag-concepts","tag-english-into-chinese-translation","tag-nouns","tag-slang","tag-translation","tag-translation-problems","tag-verbs","tag-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":959,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions\/959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlgene.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}