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Here’s the wrap-up from this week of tweets on some ways to use the Chinese phrase:  <adjective or verb> +  死了 (sǐ le), literally ‘something’ to death.  It’s used just like the English ‘scared to death!’

Heart Sick:  伤心死了  (shāngxīn sǐ le) – for the broken hearted

Waiting in Vain:  等死了  (děng sǐ le) – for the impatient

Miss You Like Crazy: 想死了  (xiǎng sǐ le) – when absence makes the heart grow fonder

Parched:  渴死了  (kě sǐ le) – when you’re dying of thirst

Stuffed: 撑死了  (chēng sǐ le) – after that 12-course Chinese buffet

Burning up:  辣死了  (là sǐ le) – after a scary encounter with a Sichuan dish

More sour than sweet:  酸死了  (suān sǐ le) – for post grapefruit pucker

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Here’s the wrap-up from this week of tweets on some ways to use the Chinese phrase:  <adjective or verb> +  死了 (sǐ le), literally ‘something’ to death.  It’s used just like the English ‘scared to death!’

Anger Management:    气死了  (qì sǐ le)  - when you’re road raging mad

Dead Tired:  累死了(lèi sǐ le) – when you’re so tired you could croak

Sleepyhead:  困死了(kūn sǐ le) – when it’s time for some z’s

&@#($(%#:  烦死了(fán sǐ le) – when you’re driven crazy

On Top of the World  开心死了(kāixīn sǐ le) – when you’re full of glee

Down in the Dumps难过死了(nánguò sǐ le) – when you’re out of sorts

I hate that!   讨厌死了(tǎoyàn sǐ le) – when you hate their guts

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Hey Followers!  Hopefully all of you have started following ChineseClass101 on Twitter, where we tweet one free mini-lesson a day!

There are times when nothing but an exclamation will do.  Our next series of Twitter mini-lessons will feature the Chinese phrase <adjective or verb> +  死了 (sǐ le); literally ‘something’ to death.  It’s used just like the English ‘scared to death!’  Here’s the wrap-up from this week’s tweets, for your review!

Heat Wave:    热死了 (rè sǐ le)  - when you’re roasting in one of the five fiery furnaces of China

Cold Front:   冷死了(lěng sǐ le) – when you’re freezing in a Shanghai winter

Freezer Burn:  冻死了(dòngsǐ le) – when you’re freezing in a Beijing winter

Eat a Horse:   饿死了(è sǐ le) – when you’re so hungry you actually could eat ‘horse’

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Hey Followers!  Hopefully all of you have started following ChineseClass101 on Twitter, where we tweet one free mini-lesson a day!

Here’s the wrap-up from this week of tweets on measure words, for your review!  Stay tuned daily for our tweets, and for those of you who haven’t started following us on Twitter, head there now and sign up!

22)    Rice is nice  一碗饭 (yī wǎn fàn)
碗 measure word for a bowl of something

23)    See you in the movies   一部电影 (yī bù diànyǐng)
部 measure word for films

24)    Man’s/Woman’s best friend  一只狗  (yī zhīgǒu)
只 measure word for dogs, cats, animals

25)    Drive you out of town  一辆车 (yī liàng chē)
辆 measure word for vehicles
We hope you all are using your newfound measure word wealth!  This is the end of the 25 Measure Word Mini-Lesson set.  But it’s not the end!  Stay tuned for our new Twitter series, starting tomorrow!

Hey Followers!  Hopefully all of you have started following ChineseClass101 on Twitter, where we tweet one free mini-lesson a day!

Here’s the wrap-up from this week’s tweets on measure words, for your review!  Stay tuned daily for our tweets, and for those of you who haven’t started following us on Twitter, head there now and sign up!

15)    Guy smiley  一副笑脸  (yī fù xiàoliǎn)
副 (fù) measure word for facial expressions

16)    Chinese take-out   一份炒饭 (yī fèn chǎofàn)
份 (fèn) measure word for portions of food

17)    Three meals a day  三顿饭 (sān dùn fàn)
顿 (dùn) measure word for meals

18)    Who wants to be a millionaire 一百块钱 (yī bǎi kuài qián)
块 (kuài) measure word for basic Chinese monetary unit

19)    Lucky number   八月八号 (bā yuè bā hào)
号 (hào) measure word for days of the month, numbers in series

20)    Give me a minute  一分钟 (yī fēn zhōng)
分 (fēn)  measure word for minutes

21)    Give me an hour  三点钟 (sān diǎn zhōng)
点 (diǎn) measure word for giving the time
More to come next week!