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Make the Call

Chinese translation: 你做主吧!


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English term or phrase:Make the Call
Chinese translation:你做主吧!
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16:31 Sep 9, 2008
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English term or phrase: Make the Call
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jyuan_us
United States
Local time: 19:02
你做主吧!
Explanation:
if this is an idiomatic expression, it means you make the decision.


GoEnglish.com Idioms = "Its Anyone's Call" = Today's English IdiomsTo "call" something here means to make a decision about it. In a sport such as baseball a ... GoEnglish.com Idioms Review: Click below to find the idiom ...
www.goenglish.com/ItsAnyonesCall.asp - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
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karcsy
Local time: 08:02
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1請裁(閩南語) /你說了算
Gertrude Tsau
3 +2你做主吧!
karcsy
4 +1一通电话万事OKWenjer Leuschel


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
make the call
一通电话万事OK


Explanation:
http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&q="make the call", 是&start...

Wenjer Leuschel
Taiwan
Local time: 08:02
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  orientalhorizon: 作一般意义讲时, 确是如此, 不是固定短语.
9 hrs
  -> Thanks. There are many possible meaning of this expression. I took only one of the usual commercial meanings.
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
make the call
你做主吧!


Explanation:
if this is an idiomatic expression, it means you make the decision.


GoEnglish.com Idioms = "Its Anyone's Call" = Today's English IdiomsTo "call" something here means to make a decision about it. In a sport such as baseball a ... GoEnglish.com Idioms Review: Click below to find the idiom ...
www.goenglish.com/ItsAnyonesCall.asp - 11k - Cached - Similar pages

karcsy
Local time: 08:02
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Syndi Gao: 你发话吧!
6 hrs
  -> 感恩!

agree  orientalhorizon
9 hrs
  -> 感恩!
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
make the call
請裁(閩南語) /你說了算


Explanation:
請裁(閩南語) /你說了算
“請裁”在台灣是再通俗不過的用語. “請裁”的意思是:請你裁奪 /裁度(=推測度量而定取捨,作決定)):;請你做主;你說了算.用多了就變成包括“ 隨你的意思”,“ 隨便”的意義了.在通俗化的台語中,很多是源自古雅的漢語.


Gertrude Tsau
United States
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  orientalhorizon
14 mins
  -> 謝謝!
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Changes made by editors
Mar 19, 2009 - Changes made by karcsy:
Edited KOG entrykarcsy's old entry - "Make the Call" => "你做主吧!"
Sep 10, 2008 - Changes made by karcsy:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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