鑿壁偷光 @zaobitouguang - Tumblr Blog

大家好! Ta̍k-ke hó!

Hi everyone!

I'm Caroline and this is my new langblr. My old one is at @conditionally-perfect and my main is @prodigyprosecutor.

I'm making this blog to help keep me on track studying Mandarin Chinese, which I've been learning for 7 years now. I'm hoping to also start posting more about linguistics as well as Taiwanese and Classical Chinese, which I have dabbled in for the last 1-2 years, once I have a bit more time. I am absolutely not an expert in any of these languages and take full responsibility for any errors so please point them out.

I am always looking for new study buddies/language partners so feel free to send a message!

Currently watching:

-甄嬛傳/Empresses in the Palace

Currently Reading:

- 蒙馬特遺書/Last Words from Montmartre by 邱妙津/Qiu Miaojin

#langblr #studyblr #zbtg posts

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正濱漁港 • Zhengbin Fishing Harbour

#taiwan

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I'm coming out of the woodwork to make you all give me your opinion on something. I'm pretty close to finishing the book I'm currently reading in Chinese (長恨歌/Song of Endless Sorrow by 王安憶/Wang Anyi) and am trying to decide what to read next. My two options are:

Book I already own (bought from a used bookstore in my neighborhood). This would most likely be 兩京十五日/Fifteen Days Between Two Capitals by 馬伯庸/Ma Boyong.

Book from the library of the university where I work. This would most likely be 膜/The Membranes by 紀大偉/Chi Ta-wei

I'm currently job hunting so I may lose access to this library pretty soon, which makes me want to take advantage of it before I lose it, but also means I might have to stop in the middle and return the library book and find another copy. On the other hand I believe in reading books you already own.

Assuming I am equally excited about the two options, should I read:

A book I own

A book from the library

Voting ended onSep 7, 2025

#personal

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雨天

#Taiwan

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I visited the Taiwan National Palace Museum today! I took some pictures and think you guys might also want to see ☺️

Here are some super colorful ceramic things

Three ladies playing polo

Crazy carving of a 24-layer ball made of ivory

Cool statues of gods

This is weaved fabric! Isn’t it crazy!!

This mountain penholder made of jade

And this little fella

Happy day at the museum!! Anyone wants part 2?

#Taiwan

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I promised pictures from my trip to Hualian, so here they are!

Me and my family went to Tarik National Park for three days. It wasn’t our first time going there but it was the first time after the 0403 earthquake last year. The national park was greatly affected by the earthquake and many more that followed the big one last year, and the mountains and rivers are no longer so good looking as it was before. Maybe hiking spot are closed off—scratch that, all of the hiking spot are closed off, so we didn’t get to go to any.

On the way, you can see the Turtle Island (Guishan Island) from the highway. Also the ocean is muddy up close—we suspect it has something to do with the earthquakes as well

Cute alleyway leads to some cute shops. There are also two ducks!

The mountains are still so majestic, but now lack some greens. They probably rolled off during the earthquake. The river is also really muddy.

Be careful of the birds! We saw a couple of crows, but didn’t get them on camera. Also, there’s this fluffy dog at one of the park station we stopped by on the way home.

The mountain and sky is still beautiful. You gotta be careful of falling rocks though! Fortunately, we didn’t see any.

Good trip all in all, glad to see the mountain is still standing!! Hope that when we go there next time, we will get to see the beauty of it again.

#taiwan

拍謝少年/Sorry Youth Lyrics - 暗流

[I thought this post would never come... but then I realized that I did the translation of the lyrics in word and it was autosaved! Anyway, this is a translation of the song 暗流 by one of my favorite bands, Sorry Youth. As usual, I am a learner so please be kind but also let me know if you have any corrections!]

是傷心的滋味啊 sī siong-sim ê tsu-bī--ah It’s the taste of grief 想著過去的風景 siūnn-tio̍h kuè-khì ê hong-kíng Thinking of the scenery of the past 猶原囥佇我心肝內 iu-guân khǹg tī guá sim-kuann-lāi Still in my heart 袂當袂記 buē-tàng buē-kì Unable to be forgotten

是孤單的感覺啊 sī koo-tuann ê kám-kak--ah It’s the feeling of sadness 夢中看見你的面 bāng-tiong khuànn-kìnn lí ê bīn Seeing your face in a dream 目屎掰袂離 ba̍k-sái pué bē-lī Too many tears to wipe away 無暝無日 bô-mî-bô-ji̍t Day and night

欲按怎來講出喙 beh án-tsuánn lâi kóng tshut-tshuì How can I say it 欲按怎來講出心內話 beh án-tsuánn lâi kóng tshut sim-lāi-uē How can I say what’s in my heart 彼个懵懂的少年家啊 hit-ê bóng-tóng ê siàu-liân-ke--ah This ignorant youth

著放予去 tio̍h pàng hōo khì I should put it aside 著放袂記啊 tio̍h pàng buē-kì—ah I should forget it 人生 jîn-sing Life

以前的咱 í-tsîng ê lán The way we were before 是無共現實看佇眼內 sī bô kā hiān-si̍t khuànn tī gán-lāi We never saw reality in our eyes 這馬的我 tsit-má ê guá The way I am now 是勤儉拍拚為著未來 sī khîn-khiām phah-piànn uī-tio̍h bī-lâi Strives diligently for the future 故鄉的風 kòo-hiong ê hong The wind of my hometown 是日日夜夜 sī ji̍t-ji̍t-iā-iā Day and night 吹著阮心肝啊 tshue tio̍h gún sim-kuann--ah Blows into my heart 佇遮啊 tī tsia--ah Here

夢醒的歌聲啊 bāng-tshínn ê kua-siann--ah The song that wakes me from a dream 佇我心內唱啊 tī guá sim-lāi tshiùnn--ah Singing in my heart 平凡的人 pîng-huân ê lâng Ordinary people 頂真的生活 tíng-tsin ê sing-ua̍h A serious life 是歌啊 sī kua--ah It is a song

這幾年 tsit kuí nî These years 行入仝款的社會 kiânn-ji̍p kāng-khuán ê siā-huē Walking into a homogeneous society 趁著滿腹的怨慼 thàn tio̍h muá-pak ê uàn-tsheh Earning a bellyful of resentment 欲按怎對你來解說 beh án-tsuánn tuì lí lâi kái-sueh How can I explain to you?

[Repeat]

聽咱的歌聲 thiann, lán ê kua-siann Listen to our song 共阮的故事 kā gún ê kòo-sū Our story 唱予你聽 tshiùnn hōo lí thiann Sung for you to hear

[Repeat x3]

New Vocabulary:

暗流 àm-lâu - undercurrent

傷心 siong-sim - sad, grieved

滋味 tsu-bī - flavor, taste

猶原 iu-guân - still, yet

無暝無日 bô-mî-bô-ji̍t - day and night

懵懂 bóng-tóng - ignorant

少年家 siàu-liân-ke - young and vigorous lad

現實 hiān-si̍t - reality; self-interested

勤儉 khîn-khiām - diligent and frugal

吹 tshue - to blow

平凡 pîng-huân - ordinary, mediocre

頂真 tíng-tsin - earnest and meticulous

趁 thàn - to earn; to take advantage of an opportunity; to follow

怨慼 uàn-tsheh - resentment

#taiwanese #台語 #langblr #studyblr #sorry youth #拍謝少年 #music #zbtg posts #a couple of notes in the tags:#1. 拍謝少年 is the way the band writes their name but isn't the moe standard character set #that would be 歹勢少年 #2. the moe dictionary only gives the 'self-interested' definition of 現實 and not the 'reality' one #i'm not sure if that's an omission or if only the 'self-interested' meaning is really in taiwanese #but based on my reading of the lyrics i chose 'reality' and if the latter is the case it could just be a mandarin-influenced usage

was working on a lyrics post for the song 暗流 by sorry youth and then my browser crashed :,( so good news is i can basically sing that song now and understand what it means but bad news is that post is never getting made

#personal #i just don't want to do the work again to make the same post it's boring #good song tho check it out. good band in general

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around Taipei

#taiwan #photo sets that make you want a youtiao and a cup of soymilk

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Up on the mountain // 山上

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Hey! So Duolingo just decided to change it’s translation of “wife” from 妻子 to 老婆. When I type “wife” into Google Translate, it says 妻子，老婆 does not appear under alternate translations. But if I go the other direction, both are translated as “wife.” Just wondering if you have any insight into this. Is it a dialect thing? Or is one maybe more familiar/intimate and the other more formal? Sorry, I don’t know if you generally take questions of this sort I literally just found your blog today. 🤪 thank you!

Starting this ask with a disclaimer that I am not a native speaker. However, I did some googling to confirm my gut intuition that 妻子 is a more formal word than 老婆. You would be much more likely to hear someone call their wife 老婆 rather than 妻子. With synonyms, the best way to really pick up on the nuances of exactly when they are used is usually a lot of input (imo), so don't worry if it doesn't always seem clear at first!

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worst thing about tumblr is the lack of chinese variety show fandom. yeah yeah c-dramas and actors but what about the mango tv stuff. what about detective academy. who can i talk to about my massive crush on guo wentao and pu yixing and qi sijun and zhou junwei and

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can you all drop reccs please. please I’d like to see what shows you all are insane about. give me anything, everything and a summary of why they’re so skrunkly or silly or hot if you don’t mind

myhamartiaishubris

Ok, here is M's Incomplete List Of Mango TV Recs

Who's The Murderer 大侦探 (formerly 明星大侦探): The OG. A detective, a murder victim, and five suspects. I think it was based on a Korean show? Main cast is He Jiong, Sa Beining (up until ~season 6), Bai Jingting for early seasons, Zhang Ruoyun, Wang Ou, and a bunch of rotating cast members. In season 4 they introduced the Detective's Assistant, which brings me to:

Detective Academy 名侦探学院: Started as a way to pick detective's assistants, and now is just a group game show. Everyone on here is non-celebrity, although a few are hosts/actors/singers. They've since gotten famous, but it started as a "regular person" / 素人 show. I'm obsessed with every single one of them. They're all, like, attractive in a nerdy way. Once you've seen Guo Wentao win a riddle game in 30 seconds, there's no going back.

Great Escape 密室大逃脱: To be honest I haven't seen much of this one. Similar to Who's The Murderer, except it's celebrities in an escape room instead of a murder mystery. Featuring Yang Mi, Justin Huang, and a rotating cast.

Great Escape Master Version 密室大逃脱大神版: The premise is they get people to "playtest" the escape rooms before rolling them out, so it's the same puzzles as Great Escape but a different (smarter but less famous) cast. There's a lot of overlap in this cast with Detective Academy.

Forest Evolutionism 森林进化论: Mind games. It's a specific game they play but it's way too complicated to explain here. Roughly same cast as Detective Academy/Master Version.

Werewolf 狼人杀: I'm cheating here, because this isn't a Mango TV show, and technically isn't even a single show so much as a specific subgenre. You might have a hard time following if you're not familiar with the specific set of Chinese Werewolf rules, and it's just 12 people sitting around a table so it's not as produced as the Mango TV stuff, but it's still fun to put it on and listen to. If you want to dip your toes into this particular genre of game, Detective Academy plays it a few times.

There's also a bunch of Mango TV non-mystery stuff, usually involving the Detective Academy cast. Sometimes they just hang out, which is nice. And of course there's a ton of generic variety shows too, a la Hello Saturday or Ace vs Ace. There have also been other mystery shows popping up with the rise of popularity, but tbh it's way too many for me to keep track of. I've probably watched an episode of each one, but not enough to say anything intelligent.

耶穌也愛夾娃娃機嗎

somehow a combination of severe recency bias and books i read over and over again as a child. at least one book in here that i wouldn't

Everybody do my books quiz it's required

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Voting ended onApr 5, 2025

#reblogging this to my langblr too actually there's relevant china content!

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Opened my window today to see THIS thing

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Just to clear up some misconceptions, for the record this is the Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus, found in southern and eastern Asia (seen here in Taiwan)

#Taiwan #I miss these little freaks #or I guess medium sized freaks #I never knew what they actually were before this so thanks for sharing!

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Do you struggle to watch films when the audio is in one language and the subtitles are in another but you speak/read both languages?

Yes

Nuance (please specify)

Monolingual button

Voting ended onMar 2, 2025

#nuance #if one of those two languages is English it’s fine #but something like Japanese or Taiwanese with mandarin subtitles just turns my brain right off #idk what role Spanish or French would play in this

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