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Brendan,
this is the latest image of the JMG gate i took last year.
the valley way has been flattened and a flat pedestrian way has been paved
(poker game)
tou ji （投机？/speculation): bluff
zhao hua (找花）: look for flush
zhao shun zi （找顺子): look for straight
yun qi hao运气好/ bu hao 不好: lucky/ not lucky
yi dui (一对)/ liang dui (两对): one pair/two pair
xiao mang (小盲)/ da mang (大盲): small blind/ big blind
qiang kou (枪口): unter the gun
wei zi hao (位置好)/ bu hao (不好）: good seat (position)
miao jie (妙解??)/ miao fold: snap call/ snap fold (pretty much only used for comedy)
(poker game)
tou ji （投机？/speculation): bluff
zhao hua (找花）: look for flush
zhao shun zi （找顺子): look for straight
yun qi hao运气好/ bu hao 不好: lucky/ not lucky
yi dui (一对)/ liang dui (两对): one pair/two pair
xiao mang (小盲)/ da mang (大盲): small blind/ big blind
qiang kou (枪口): unter the gun
wei zi hao (位置好)/ bu hao (不好）: good seat (position)
miao jie (妙解??)/ miao fold: snap call/ snap fold (pretty much only used for comedy)
Historical names of Sichuan / Chengdu explained.
[巴蜀] “Ba Shu”
Oldest name of Sichuan. it refers to two ancient kingdoms “Ba [巴]” & “Shu [蜀]” dating back to 4th century BC and earlier
Chengdu was the capital of Shu, western kingdom in Sichuan.
And Chongqing was one of the capitals of Ba Kingdom located in eastern region of Sichuan Basin.
both regimes were annexed into Qin/Chin[秦] kingdom . state (Capital: Xi’an) during late 4th century BC
Since then, the Chinese word “Shu”[蜀] becomes identical to Sichuan and everything associated to Chengdu.
[益州] “Yi Zhou” (County/State of Yi)
Administrative divsion name of Chengdu region / Sichuan Basin since Han Dynasty (1st century BC)
[天府之国] “Tian Fu Zhi Guo” (Country of heaven wealth/abundance)
Renown of Sichuan Basin since ancient time, praising its fertile land and agricultural richness.
[剑阁/剑门关] “Jian Ge” / “Jian Men Guan” (Sword Gate Pass)
first built in early 3rd century AD, it was named for the cliffs in the mountain are “sharp like sword edge”
The Gate Pass located appr. 220km northeast from Chengdu. It was the north entrance to Sichuan Basin and the strategic safeguard of Chengdu.
In the ancient times, losing Sword Gate simply means Chengdu/Sichuan Basin will be defenceless.
[剑南] “Jian Nan” (Sword South) i.e. South of Sword Gate Pass
Name of Sichuan since Tang Dynasty (7th century AD), from military administrative name “Jian Nan Dao” [剑南道 / Sword South Route/Way/Via]
[四川] “Sichuan” (Four Rivers)
Name since 10th Century, Song Dynasty.
from “川峡四路” [River Gorges’ Four (administrative) Routes]
[成都] “Chengdu” (Accomplished/Achieved (as) Capital)
from very ancient time “一年而所居成聚，二年成邑，三年成都”
the first year archieved as a settlement
the second year as a township
the third year ACHIEVED[Cheng成] as a CAPITAL [du都]
[蓉城] “Rong Cheng” (City of Rosemallow) AKA of Chengdu
Rosemallow were planed on the city wall in 10th Century (between Tang and Song Dynasty)
[锦官城 / 锦城 ] (Brocade(silk) City) AKA of Chengdu
Brocade was a famous product of Chengdu in ancient Han Dyansty (First Century, 2000s years ago)
制衡[Zhi Heng] = leverage
代价[Dai Jia] = Opportunity Cost
御宅[Yu Zhai] = Hermit / Otaku (おたくJapanese origin)
曾经沧海难为水[Ceng Jing Cang Hai Nan Wei Shui]
(phrase of a love poem from Tang Dynasty 8th century)
Once you experienced the great ocean, you cannot feel special for common water view.
= Once you have the best, you can’t settle for less.
谋事在人，成事在天 = You do the best, God do the rest
Carpe Diem = Seize the day = pluck the flowers
“劝君惜取少年时 花开堪折直须折” “人生得意须尽欢” “把握今天 及时行乐”
Poem lines from Tang Dynasty 8th Century
晨曦之星 光明使者 = Lucifer (Cairrier of light)
傻B/ SB / 2B = Moron
宁为地府之君，不作天庭之臣 = Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven
被潜规则 = sextorted (actress sextorted by producer/director)
穿小鞋 = Chicken shit (what your working place superior makes your life more miserable and suffering)
小算盘 = Hidden agenda
建制 体制= The Establishment / System / Institution
蛋(ball)定[Dan Ding / 淡定]= Sang froid
规范 章程 水平 标准 水准 准则 = Standard (What is lacking in China)
有毛有翼 / 羽翼未丰= Fully fledged / fledgling
(Cantonese parents scolding disobedient sons/daughters in this way:
Now you are fully fledged and you don’t listen to my words anymore!!!!)
无出其右= Second to none
（”Right” is superior than “Left” in ancient Chinese bureaucratic hierarchy）
Regular police in China avoid carrying firearm during routine duty because they can’t afford losing it.
it’s also an excuse for them to avoid troubles and danger.
They only want to stay in this government job of rest of their lives.
google “yang jia” “shanghai” “police”
you will understand more.
Yang was a guy without military training, randomly killed 6 shanghai policemen with a KNIFE, in the station in Shanghai, 2008
Some facts:
Pope is translated as 教宗, literally “Church Patriarch “in HK Taiwan and overseas Chinese and catholic communities. This is an appropriate translation.
In communist ruled mainland, Pope is translated as 教皇 ， literally “Church Emperor”,
For communists, Vatican is a sovereign state, rather than a church.
Beijing confiscated all church properties since 1950s, and the Catholic Church, like all other organisations, was outlawed. Therefore, Vatican refused to acknowledge Beijings legitimacy over Taiwan where freedom of religion is observed.
It is purely politics and diplomacy.
Last July I posted “Do you hear the people sing” from the 10th anniversary concert, video with chinese subtitles on Weibo to show my support for the people in Shifang protesting the planned toxic chemical factory. But people can’t understand it.
Chinese goverment didn’t censor this musical film, they couldn’t even be bothered to do so. As they predicted, most people cant understand it at all, those few who like film and understand music, usually make a good living and are unlikely to be troublemakers.
a joke, from my friend close to the city government:
the chengdunese, suffering from roadwork traffic jams and detours and air pollutions, have fiercely cursed the current CD party boss Huang Xinchu, who commissioned all these roadworks since his appointmnet, on the internet. He was given a nickname “黃挖挖” Huang WaWa, or Huang Dig Dig. It becomes a topic tag on weibo, (china microblog)
Huang was angry, and requested Sina to filter out this derogative nickname and all other negative posts about him.
Sina replied him, “Service only available to central government state leaders”
If not, all the capitals will flow to Wall Street financing investment bankers backyard swimming pool.
the transaction/matching process of buying/selling real estate in mainland china is very exhausting, not advised for foreigners without local knowledge.
The very problem in china is: china locals do not have a reliable place to save and invest. Stock market? forget it, “you enter the market with a BMW, come out with a bicycle”
bank? <1% interest rate return.
then real estate becomes the only sensible choice for investment.
