The Mysterious Object G
A few months back, signs like this were posted nearby every entrance into my apartment complex:
Is this some notice that beings akin to those in *batteries not included have taken-up residence in the complex? If only I could read Mandarin...
Is this some notice that beings akin to those in *batteries not included have taken-up residence in the complex? If only I could read Mandarin...
Glad I've still got my Chinese-English dictionary!
Dang1xin1 la2 wu2.
Dang1xin1 =~ take care/be careful/look up
la2 =~ missing / leave out / left out
wu2 =~ thing / waste matter / solid matter
I'm assuming that the extraneous G is merely a typo, given the proximity of T and G on a qwerty keyboard.
Posted by James McPherson on August 03, 2008 at 07:10 PM HKT #
James, your chinese is very impressived. ^_^
Only one thing I want to mention here is the pronunciation of the third character should be "luo4" not "la2". The pronunciation of this character will be different based on different meaning, sometime is "luo4", sometime is "la2". In this scenario, it should be read as "luo4" and means "to fall behind".
I have no idea about "G", hope anyone can figure out and let me know the answer.
Posted by Fiona Duan on August 04, 2008 at 11:18 PM HKT #
Thanks to you both. I'm pretty sure that the "G" was meant to be an "S", as in "FALLING OBJECTS"... that is, in the multiple things are that are descending rapidly towards this poor person's head.
Posted by Robs on August 04, 2008 at 11:28 PM HKT #