For the true student of chinese, here are the nicknames of players. Some are really great!
Athlete Nickname Pinyin Translation Explanation LeBron James 小皇帝 xiao3 huang2 di4 Little Emperor He’s King James Camelo Anthony 甜瓜 ｜ tian2 gua1 Sweet Melon Sweet and [...]Chinese Olympic Nicknames and vocabulary
August 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek
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The Forbidden Kingdom (aka the Monkey King retold)
April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Geek, Wordpress
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The Forbidden Kingdom (功夫之王 gong1 fu1 zhi1 wang2 or Kung Fu’s King) is now showing. Its a rip off of the Monkey King (孙悟空 sun2 wu3 kong4) from Journey to the West (西游记 xi1 you2 ji4，lit. western travel story). Made me really nostalgic for China. [...]
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