Sunday, June 24, 2007

fine wine before becoming a swine

我喜欢在睡觉前喝一点酒

wǒ xǐhuan zài shuìjiaò qián hē yīdiǎn jiǔ


verbatim translation: i like in sleep before drink little wine
conversation: i like to drink a little wine before going to sleep


literati:
the sentence above seems confusing, if you read it directly it will be glossed as "he likes going to sleep before drinking little wine"

the technique to understand it is to read it as cluster-by-cluster.

我喜欢,在睡觉前,喝一点酒

i enjoy, going to sleep's before, drink little wine

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