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Assistant referee already held up the flag indicating an offside, meaning the goal is invalid. What a pity !
Assistant referee already held up the flag indicating an offside, meaning the goal is invalid. What a pity !
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
坎坎伐檀兮,寘之河之干兮,河水清且涟猗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionKǎnkǎn fá tán xī, zhì zhī hé zhī gān xī, héshuǐ qīng qiě lián yī. [Pinyin]
坎坎伐檀兮,寘之河之干兮,河水清且涟猗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionKǎnkǎn fá tán xī, zhì zhī hé zhī gān xī, héshuǐ qīng qiě lián yī. [Pinyin]
kan - kan go his blows on the sandal trees ,
And he places what he hews on the river's bank, Whose waters flow clear and rippling.
Mandarin
我心匪石,不可转也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionWǒ xīn fěi shí, bù kě zhuǎn yě. [Pinyin]
我心匪石,不可转也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionWǒ xīn fěi shí, bù kě zhuǎn yě. [Pinyin]
My mind is not a stone ; -
It cannot be rolled about.
Mandarin
王在灵囿,麀鹿攸伏,麀鹿濯濯、白鸟翯翯,王在灵沼,于牣鱼跃。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionWáng zài língyòu, yōulù yōu fú,Yōulù zhuózhuó, bái niǎo hèhè,Wáng zài líng zhǎo, yú rèn yú yuè. [Pinyin]
王在灵囿,麀鹿攸伏,麀鹿濯濯、白鸟翯翯,王在灵沼,于牣鱼跃。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionWáng zài língyòu, yōulù yōu fú,Yōulù zhuózhuó, bái niǎo hèhè,Wáng zài líng zhǎo, yú rèn yú yuè. [Pinyin]
The king was yin the numinous park , where the does were lying down , -
The does, so sleek and fat; with the white birds glistening. The king was by the numinous pond; - how full was it of fishes leaping about!
Mandarin
期我乎桑中,要我乎上宫,送我乎淇之上矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionQī wǒ hū sāng zhōng, yào wǒ hū shàng gōng, sòng wǒ hū Qí zhī shàng yǐ. [Pinyin]
期我乎桑中,要我乎上宫,送我乎淇之上矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionQī wǒ hū sāng zhōng, yào wǒ hū shàng gōng, sòng wǒ hū Qí zhī shàng yǐ. [Pinyin]
she ma de an appontment with me yin sang zhong ;
She will meet me in Shanggong; She will accompany me to Qishang.
Mandarin
不稼不穑,胡取禾三百廛兮? [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionBù jià bù sè, hú qǔ hé sānbǎi chán xī? [Pinyin]
不稼不穑,胡取禾三百廛兮? [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionBù jià bù sè, hú qǔ hé sānbǎi chán xī? [Pinyin]
you sow not nor reap ; -
How do you get the produce of those three hundred farms?