13 Aug 2006 12:33 am
Signese.com is a collection of photos of Chinese characters in action. Although most are taken by myself on the streets of Beijing, many are contributions, which can be sent directly from your mobile phone.
Queries and thoughts about the photos are always welcome via the comment function.
August 13th, 2006 at 10:48 pm
该层赠送: should, level, send.
guess: (you) should send a better[(next) level] (present).
when I say guess, I don’t actually think that’s what it says.
Obviously I’m missing something. Can you clarify plea
August 14th, 2006 at 10:12 am
This one suffers from the fact that I couldn’t get the whole advert in the shot. To the left is a picture of a very nice lobby area of a building with a lush garden outside, and to the right are details of an apartment complex. What it’s saying is (buy one of our apartments and ) get access to this floor free - ie, all residents have free use of the ground floor area.
该 here means ‘this’, similar to 这， 此。 层 as in storey, floor, and 赠送 to present as a gift, often seen on free gift offers.
August 17th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
I am delighted that the world contains people who pursue such an esoteric sport