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Chinese translations with standard Hanyu Pinyin romanization and Chinese characters for Firefly the TV series and Serenity the movie and comic books
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Dai1ruo4mu4ji1
- Simplified characters:
呆若木鸡
/ Traditional characters: 呆若木雞 - Back-translation of Mandarin: Dumb as a Wooden Chicken
- Context: Firefly DVD, Visible Chinese, “Here’s How It Was,” on Adam Baldwin’s Jayne T-shirt (Jayne T-shirt list) with drawing of Asian face
dai1ruo4mu4ji1
[set phrase] dumb as a wooden chicken, dumbstruck
- dai1: to be foolish, to be stupid
- ruo4: as, like
- mu4 [for this meaning, used only in compound words]: wooden
- ji1: a chicken
See also:
- Dai1ruo4mu4ji1 (“Trash”)
Wo1
- Simplified characters: 窝 / Traditional characters:
窩
- Back-translation of Mandarin: Living Quarters
- Context: Firefly DVD, Visible Chinese, “Joss Tours the Set,” on cone-shaped part of vertical pipe, somewhat visible as Joss Whedon introduces the passenger area
wo1
living quarters, an apartment
See also:
- Wo1 (“Safe”; “Out of Gas”; Firefly: The Official Companion, Volume One)