Dec 11, 2008 01:14
15 yrs ago
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Chinese term
氣出病來
Chinese to English
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This phrase came out from someone in a hospital being very resentful about some other certain people.
The original context is, "我的病多半是被他們氣出來的。"
The original context is, "我的病多半是被他們氣出來的。"
Proposed translations
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| 5 +1 | sick from sheer anger |
Wing-Sze Ho
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| 3 +1 | have an attack of illness caused by anger |
Sherwin Zhou
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| 4 | sicknesses are the result of being irritated |
Helen Li
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| 3 | sick of them. |
Bea Geenen
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Proposed translations
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Wing-Sze Ho
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sick from sheer anger
It might simply be a simple substitution from the construction below:
急出病來 get sick from excessive worries.
ergo, 氣出病來 to get sick for excessive/sheer anger
急出病來 get sick from excessive worries.
ergo, 氣出病來 to get sick for excessive/sheer anger
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Sherwin Zhou
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have an attack of illness caused by anger
我的病多半是被他們氣出來的 To a great extent，I've got the attack of illness caused by anger due to them.
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sicknesses are the result of being irritated
我的病多半是被他們氣出來的 can be translated as "Most likely, my sicknesses are the result of being irritated by them."
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Bea Geenen
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sick of them.
"I literally got sick of them."
Not really a word-for-word translation, but rather something a native English speaker might say under the circumstances.
Not really a word-for-word translation, but rather something a native English speaker might say under the circumstances.
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Wing-Sze Ho
: not necessarily. I think the speaker is explaining that her predicament is the result of the misconduct of someone else. Suggestions?
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Yes, your suggesdtion "sick from sheer anger" is a good one too
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