Glossary entry

Chinese term or phrase:

就说那个

English translation:

Talking about that (literal); On that topic

Added to glossary by Wilman
May 18, 2010 19:02
14 yrs ago
Chinese term

就说那个

Chinese to English Other Other
{就说那个},中国古代啊其实白菜的地位在蔬菜里地位非常高,有一句话嘛叫做初春早韭,秋末晚松,就是春天的韭菜是最香的,秋天晚-晚秋大白菜是鲜美的。
Thanks.

Proposed translations

+1
6 hrs
Selected

Talking about that (literal); On that topic

The exact translation probably depends on the sentences that come before the text, but the phrase explains to the reader that the narrator is coming back to (or maybe going further into) a topic that was raised before.
Peer comment(s):

agree Q Yue : sounds to me, it's not a "standard" Chinese expression, and more contextual clues are needed
12 hrs
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks."
7 hrs

Justing taking that as an example

In most cases this phrase is used as a lead-in to an example. 这里有很多高楼大厦,就说那个绿色的大楼嘛,也特别高。

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 7 hrs (2010-05-19 02:55:30 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Typo in answer: "justing" should of course be "just" -- it's late :)
Example sentence:

这里有很多高楼大厦,就说那个绿色的大楼嘛,也特别高。

There are many tall buildings here. Just taking that green one, it's likewise very tall.

Something went wrong...
14 hrs

In fact....

FYI.
Something went wrong...
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search