| Change log entry 72973 | |
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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2021-06-11 06:23:03 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 68717 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 1. Delete "your telegram, telephone call, or message" since - the first gloss covers that sense - "message" is not right (来电 necessarily involves electricity; "message" doesn't) 2. Simplify to make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker) --> to phone in Besides, it's not necessarily "here" or "to the speaker": 以自殺防治為主要目的的「生命線」統計，來電求救或傾訴的個案中，女性將近百分之七十， "Statistics from the Lifeline, which primarily aims to prevent suicide, show that nearly 70% of calls are from women seeking help or needing someone to talk to about their troubles" 3. Modernize: give prominence to 'phone call' over 'telegram' /incoming telegram or telephone call/ --> /incoming telephone call (or telegram)/ 4. Delete "to have chemistry with sb" - I don't think it's quite accurate ('having chemistry' extends over a period of time, whereas 来电 is an instantaneous thing) - "have an instant attraction" covers the intended sense 明代小說《醒世恆言》「賣油郎獨占花魁女」的故事中，男主角秦重素來平靜的心靈，如同雷劈「準準的呆了半晌，身子都酥麻了」，不就是現代所謂的「來電」？ In the Ming dynasty story "The Oil Peddler and the Plum Flower Girl" (included in the collection Lasting Words to Awaken the World), the usually unruffled soul of the leading male character Qin Zhong is as if struck by lightning: "He stood dumbstruck for an age, his whole body limp and numb"-is that not what people today mean when they say someone is "love-struck"? |
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- 來電 来电 [lai2 dian4] /incoming telegram or telephone call/your telegram, telephone call, or message/to send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker)/to have instant attraction to sb/to have chemistry with sb/to come back (of electricity, after an outage)/ + 來電 来电 [lai2 dian4] /incoming telephone call (or telegram)/to phone in/to send in a telegram/to have an instant attraction to sb/to come back (of electricity, after an outage)/ |