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skylee -



Quote:

振作点了

I think 振作點吧 is more appropriate.



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noname -

振作起来 or 振作一点哦 or 开心点啦 or 别不开心啦 or 别垂头丧气的 or
没什么大不了的，别不高兴啦 or ...










grayedge -

加油,
雄起(idiom in Sichuan region)










W Jian -

嘿！精神点儿！（hey! jing shen dian'er. Used everywhere）

别吊儿郎当的！（bie diao'er lang dang de. Used in Beijing. The tone of this one is
complecated. Make sure that you won't use it if you were not an advanced speaker. But it would be
very funny. ）










skylee -



Quote:


Originally Posted by W Jian

别吊儿郎当的！


Does it really mean 'cheer up'?










W Jian -

to skylee:

it's complecated to explain, but I'm sure the opposite word of 吊儿郎当的 is 精神的 ( adj
).










skylee -

As far as I know (which is of course not much), 吊兒郎當 means 滿不在乎 ->

http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/cgi-...ry=wholerecord

http://140.111.34.46/cgi-bin/dict/Ge...eryString=%A6Q










ZhouNuosi -

how about 看开一点儿?

although I'm not sure myself what a good explanation of that would be...
"look at it more open minded"?

like when you break up with ur gf, somebody tells u that there are enough fish in the sea... I
guess that would be 看开 right?










W Jian -

PLZ, I have been using this word since I was a child, forget about that stupid dictionary. And I
have a question, why you guys deleted my former reply and didn't tell me?! you sucks!

Ban me this time, if you want!!!!










fireball9261 -

You generally speaks "别吊儿郎当的！" to people who are wasting their time on games and
drinks and who are not serious of anything. This is to get them to get serious and shape up in
life. These people are actually too happy in life.

"Cheer up" generally speaks to people who are sad, so "别吊儿郎当的！" should not be used
as "cheer up".

I also heard the use of this term "别吊儿郎当的！" since childhood.












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