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"It (Play against Lakers ) has become a war of a nation against the invaders"

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by miamiflorida, Apr 17, 2004.

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  1. miamiflorida

    miamiflorida Member

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    The last joke before the series starts.

    Every Rocket players got a gift for playoff: a tape and a book--deep analysis of Lakers.

    The book for Yao Ming has been translated into Chinese. Lakers("ŒÎlh) was wrongly translated to " ŒÓl" , which means "foreign invaders" .

    Yao Ming Joked "it becomes a war a nation wages against foreign invaders.

    Yes, Yao Ming. Fight it like a war against invaders and win it!:D
     
    #1 miamiflorida, Apr 17, 2004
  2. Stack24

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    I need a translator for the post itself.
     
    #2 Stack24, Apr 17, 2004
  3. Texas Stoke

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    In the end it was just a game. You either play well or you don't. Yao is not going to INTEND to play with any more heart, determination, and energy than any of his teammates INTEND to do. They all want it just as bad. All that relying on some inner invisible strength to repeal foreign invaders is a bunch of CRAP.
     
    #3 Texas Stoke, Apr 17, 2004
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    so whats going on?
     
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    Texas: um... it was just a joke.
     
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  6. Texas Stoke

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    You have to understand that this miamiflorida guy stated in a previous post that Americans like to boast 'we will win, we will be victorious, we will triumph' and that we create an extra burden upon ourselves that we are never able to live up to but that the Chinese rely on inner strength. Now he is posting about Yao fending off foreing invaders. I dont know if the guy just got a hold of the 'art of war' or what but I think Im reading him right when I say this is not just a basketball game between the Houston Rockets and Lakers but a battle involving general Yao that will have an effect upon his psyche in a way that affects his Chinese honor.
     
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    :confused:
     
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    OK... I haven't seen his other post, and am not sure what exactly you're trying to say... but I'll leave it at that, doesn't sound too pleasant.

    miamiflorida: do you have a link for what you posted? Where did you get that from?
     
    #8 saitou, Apr 17, 2004
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    :confused:

    I thought somebody said the word "joke"

    I thought someone needs to chill out a little
     
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    miamiflorida just translated a part of Yang Yi's latest report. According to this report, every Rockets player got a book and a tape- about lakers. Yao's book were translated into Chinese. But the translater made a mistake. "The Lakers" was translated into "Tartars". So Yao joked that "it is going to be a national war."

    http://sports.sina.com.cn/s/2004-04-17/0810220084s.shtml
     
    #10 windandsea, Apr 17, 2004
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    Just to clarify even more (or maybe confuse even more), Yao received the book about Lakers. The translation for Lakers is "hu ren", or lake people. But the translater for Yao's book is also "hu ren", but the hu is a different word (the two words sounds but different things). The only time I've used the word used is when describing non-hans Chinese (ppl like tibetans, mongolians, and etc) in Chinese wuxia novels, typically are foreingers that fights with the hans. So Yao joked that they were going to war.
     
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    *sounds the same but looks and means differently
     
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    For the word for lake, it has a left part that means water.

     
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    Texas:

    Relax.

    Let me explain it to you. The two posts are two completely different threads. They are irrelevant.

    For the invisible strength thing, I refer you to Amy Tan's "Joy Luck Club" and the first chapter of her "The Opposite of Fate".

    In China, we do have a saying, "chou pi bu xiang, xiang pi bu chou,' which means "there is more power in silence" per se. That is why Chinese usually don't boast loudly. :)
     
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    it's interesting to watch Yao being more demonstrative as a result.
     
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    miamiflorida, oh, ok, I understand you. I'm sorry its just this is evening of the first Houston Rocket playoff game in 5 years and my nerves are getting the best of me, which means I should probably look into getting that book and reading that chapter to help me relax. hehe. thanks. Yao Ming is going to come through, dont you worry. :)
     
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    Haha! That was funny! I imagined when Yao got the book that say how to fight the "invader"?:D

    May be the translator intend to make that mistake. :p
     
    #17 Yun, Apr 17, 2004
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