08:58 Mar 12, 2004 |
English to Chinese translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||
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4 +1 | 有些赌徒,他们发起疯来会这才赢了你头上的帽子,接着又拿你的头发来赌单双。 |
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4 | 窰甴 |
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4 | 设赌局的人 |
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1 | must be a gambling term - like paper/scissors/stone perhaps |
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窰甴 Explanation: I believe there is a typoerror here. It may be oddment instead of oddman. oddment=something leftover窰甴 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 16 mins (2004-03-12 10:15:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- one more reference: http://www.iciba.net/Search/Search.aspx?inputword=oddment Reference: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=odd... |
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设赌局的人 Explanation: 设赌局的人 |
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must be a gambling term - like paper/scissors/stone perhaps Explanation: must be a gambling term - like paper/scissors/stone perhaps 'odd man out'(in children's games) |
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有些赌徒,他们发起疯来会这才赢了你头上的帽子,接着又拿你的头发来赌单双。 Explanation: odd man : a player (as in the game of odd man wins) whose coin shows a face different from two other coins tossed or matched(Merriam-Wesbster 3rd New International) |
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