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To most Chinese and Westerners, white has some meanings in common. White suggests purity, innocence and honesty.
e.g.,Mary is a white girl. (pure and innocent)
Tom is a very white boy. He never tells lies. (honest)
But in this sense, what does the term a white lie mean? Can a lie be pure and innocent? Actually, a white lie is a harmless one, intended not to hurt someone. For example, your mother bought a dress for you that she was very satisfied with, and wanted to know if you liked it. Maybe in your mind, it was out of the fashion or the color was not to your taste. But you said, “Oh, I really like it” in order not to let her down. It was a lie, but a good-intentioned lie.
The connotation of white in Chinese also includes something unhappy. At funerals, Chinese pay respect to the dead and express their sorrow by wearing white and writing elegiac couplets in white paper. In the West, however, white is the traditional color for the brides at weddings, and to wear white at funerals would be offensive. So care should be taken in translating the phrase红白喜事. To avoid misunderstanding, we can put it simply as weddings and funerals. Talking about red and white, there is an interesting coincidence in Chinese and English. In Chinese, those who are popular and find favor with their bosses are called红人(red guy literally). But Irish people call them the white-headed boy. In this sense, red equals white in the two cultures.
We have a famous drama called《白毛女》. If we 无忧论文 【http://www.uklunwen.com】translate it literally as 《A White-haired Girl》, those Westerners will be confused and it will be very hard to see the profound meaning behind itIn old China, folks in general were made ghosts, while things have changed a lot in new China.
In addition, here is a collection of expressions containing the word white.
the white areaan anti-revolutionary area
a white daya lucky day
white light districtever-bright area
a white elephant huge burden
show the white feathershow fear
a white slavesomeone who is forced to be a slave
days marked with a white stonehappy days
a white war an economic competition
bleed whiteextort every cent from someone
2.3 Black
In both Chinese and English, there are various terms indicating that black often carries a negative meaning: blackmail(勒索),blacklist（黑名单),black-hearted(黑心的)，black market(黑市),etc. But in the following sentence, can you guess the meaning? Since he took over the business, the company has been in the black. In the example above, black has a good meaningrunning the business profitably. The term in the black reminds me of the phrase in the red which is just opposite to the former one. Both terms come from the color of the ink used in keeping accounts. Interestingly, we have an appropriate equivalent in Chinese-赤字,probably bought from English.
Besides, black implies gloom, disgrace, misfortune, extr |
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