Monday, February 23, 2009

chinese word of the day freebie #1

gao ding /gow ding,/ Mandarin. gao carry on, be engaged in + dìng fixed, settled, established. Achieved, completed, finished.

In other words, TCB -- take care of business.

If there was a city motto, it would be "In Shanghai, we can always gao ding."

You'll often hear "Gao ding le*!" and hopefully find situations to use it yourself...

*Verb + le is the past tense construction of an action.

Bessie

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