Lingua China

The Archeological Discovery in AD3009, Yue Minjun Today Art Museum, Beijing

倍儿  Bèi er

Quite possibly my favorite adverb in the Chinese language. Why? It's fun to use, fun to say, and gets you brownie points with 北方 locals. 

Thrown it in front of adjectives and adverbs galore to add emphasis, it has the same effect of "very" or "so".

不存在 bu cun zai

I would include tones but since it's Sichuan dialect, traditional tones kind of go out the window. My tip: just say it like you would in Mandarin...but in a Louisiana accent. 

The phrase literally translates into "does not exist" but is used to mean "no problem".

Example:

Shaq: "Can I hold that panda?"

拉倒吧 Lādǎo ba

I hear my co-workers say this all the time. Might be a Beijing thing. 

Means "Forget about it" or, as I like to say, "Forgedaboudit."

Turning heads

我天啊！ Wǒ tiān a!

One of my favorites. Can be used anytime, anywhere to mean OMG. 

老牛吃嫩草 lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo

Literally means old cow eats young grass. Used to describe a relationship between an older man and a much younger woman. See: Woody Allen, Humbert Humbert, Silvio Berlusconi, etc etc. The list goes on...

尼玛/尼马 ni ma (used interchangeably with 你妈)

Do want. 

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