{"id":1137,"date":"2021-03-29T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2022-05-16T08:49:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T15:49:07","slug":"biaozhun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2021\/03\/29\/biaozhun\/","title":{"rendered":"bi\u0101ozh\u01d4n"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">bi\u0101ozh\u01d4n<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(bi\u0101o\u00b7zh\u01d4n\n<span class=\"lit\">[(conforming to)] mark[s] \u00b7 standard[s] \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[[(conforming to)] standard[s]; criteria]<\/span>\n\u6807\u51c6\n<span class=\"trad\">\u6a19\u6e96<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%);\"> \u2190 Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n\n<p>In Western culture, especially American culture, it seems, the way to give the best compliments involves exaggeration. For example, one might say,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cThat person gave 110%!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In contrast, for a Mandarin field language-learner, the best compliment from a Chinese person is often<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\n\u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>N\u01d0<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">you<\/span>\n\u4f60)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>shu\u014dde<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(shu\u014d\u00b7de\n<span class=\"mt\">speak \u00b7 getting<\/span>\n\u8bf4\u5f97\n<span class=\"trad\">\u8aaa\u5f97<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>h\u011bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(<span class=\"mt\">{very much}<\/span>\n\u5f88)<\/span>\n\n<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u0101ozh\u01d4n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(bi\u0101o\u00b7zh\u01d4n\n<span class=\"lit\">(to be conforming to) mark \u00b7 standard \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[(to be conforming to) standard]<\/span>\n\u6807\u51c6\n<span class=\"trad\">\u6a19\u6e96<\/span>)<\/span>!\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That literally means that the language-learner\u2019s speech hit the mark, and matched up to the standard well\u2014matched, not exceeded.<\/p>\n<p>Different cultures, different calibrations\u2014understanding that will help us to take people\u2019s comments the right way. For example, if you manage to move a Chinese person to say that your Mandarin is very \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>bi\u0101ozh\u01d4n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(bi\u0101o\u00b7zh\u01d4n\n<span class=\"lit\">[(conforming to)] mark[s] \u00b7 standard[s] \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[[(conforming to)] standard[s]; criteria]<\/span>\n\u6807\u51c6\n<span class=\"trad\">\u6a19\u6e96<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, the meaning is not that you are doing okay, so-so, but failing to excel. Rather, the meaning is that you are doing very well indeed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Western culture, especially American culture, it seems, the way to give the best compliments involves exaggeration. 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