If you gamble on the stock market, you are an investor... If you gamble on the derivatives market, you are a trader... If you gamble at the casino, you are a loser... Morality?
Mandarin
这个字也是由法语衍生出来的。
這個字也是由法語衍生出來的。
zhè ge zì yě shì yóu fǎ yǔ yǎn shēng chū lái de 。
The hotel's operator was just going through the motions. He completely ignored my questions.
Cantonese
甲醇系由甲烷衍生出嚟。
甲醇係由甲烷衍生出嚟。
Methanol is derived from methane.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
于是，他用眼角的余光扫视了一下四周，发现旁边太监也纷纷向他使眼色，便顾左右而言他，用“人自然是怕鬼”的话敷衍了事。
於是，他用眼角的餘光掃視了一下四周，發現旁邊太監也紛紛向他使眼色，便顧左右而言他，用“人自然是怕鬼”的話敷衍了事。
yú shì ， tā yòng yǎn jiǎo de yú guāng sǎo shì le yī xià sì zhōu ， fā xiàn páng biān tài jiān yě fēn fēn xiàng tā shǐ yǎn sè ， biàn gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā ， yòng “ rén zì rán shì pà guǐ ” de huà fū yǎn liǎo shì ．
Thus, he scanned the surroundings with his peripheral vision and discovered that the eunuch beside him kept winking at him, so he tried to dodge the question and ended the discussion perfunctorily by saying, "People are naturally afraid of ghosts."
在衍释《易经》的政治意义时，德川日人改变中国政治理念去迁就日本的政治与国情。
在衍釋《易經》的政治意義時，德川日人改變中國政治理念去遷就日本的政治與國情。
zài yǎn shì “ yì jīng ” de zhèng zhì yì yì shí ， dé chuān rì rén gǎi biàn zhōng guó zhèng zhì lǐ niàn qù qiān jiù rì běn de zhèng zhì yǔ guó qíng ．
In expounding the political meaning of I Ching, the Tokugawa Japanese changed China's political ideology to accommodate to Japanese politics and conditions.
In hard times they piteously beg help from relatives and friends, borrowing a few tou or sheng of grain to last them a few days, and their debts pile up like loads on the backs of oxen.