Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
吊起來賣，講穿一字咁浅而已
English translation:
kind of pushing up, nothing but obvious facts
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Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Mar 18, 2007 14:37
17 yrs ago
Chinese term
吊起來賣，講穿一字咁浅而已
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深知功夫並無秘密——若云有秘密，都是有人故作神秘，吊起來賣而已，“秘密”也者，講穿一字咁浅而已。
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | A suggestion |
Wenjer Leuschel (X)
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| 3 | just like tantalization; (The secret) is actually just one word. |
Julia Zou
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| 3 | FYI |
pkchan
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Proposed translations
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A suggestion
… just a kind of pushing up --- the so-called secrets are nothing but obvious facts which do not worth a dime if you see behind them.
一字咁浅 = something obvious (Cantonese idiom)
一字咁浅 = something obvious (Cantonese idiom)
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just like tantalization; (The secret) is actually just one word.
我的理解：吊起來賣=吊胃口 一字咁浅=就是一个字，因为没有上下文，我也不知道是什么，比如说，可能是个“勤”字吧。
所以两部分分别译为：just like tantalization 和 (The secret) is actually just one word.
所以两部分分别译为：just like tantalization 和 (The secret) is actually just one word.
1 day 5 hrs
FYI
吊起來賣=抬高身價，自抬身價。原意是放在檯上的東西，售價不高，掛起來便可賣貴一點。
一字咁浅=好像寫個一字那麼簡單、容易
講穿=道破
而已=僅是這樣
the simple truth is that they just want to jack up the value/price
一字咁浅=好像寫個一字那麼簡單、容易
講穿=道破
而已=僅是這樣
the simple truth is that they just want to jack up the value/price
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