a breeze

Chinese translation: (after the initial symptoms)这倒没什么;这可不算什么

07:48 Dec 3, 2003

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English term or phrase: a breeze

Vitamin B3 deficiency leads to Pellagra（糙皮病）, a disease that'll cover your hide（皮肤） in lesions, litter your internal airspace with 'gastrointestinal disturbances' and make you a nervous wreck, a breeze after the initial symptoms - the four 'Ds': depression, dermatitis, dementia and diarrhoea. Dose yourself up.

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Chinese translation:(after the initial symptoms)这倒没什么;这可不算什么

Explanation:
a breeze (something easy) informal = something which is easy to achieve, often unexpectedly eg You won't have any problems with the entrance test, it's an absolute breeze.

'The disease itself is a breeze, after (experiencing) the initial symptoms.'

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Note added at 19 hrs 53 mins (2003-12-04 03:41:50 GMT) Post-grading
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Actually, it means the fully developed disease is \'nothing to worry about\'or \'plain sailing\' compared to the terrible initial symptoms.

Note: the tone is ironic. 反语

Selected response from:

chica nueva
Local time: 05:00

Grading comment

谢谢大家！
"Pellagra"(a sickness) is "a breeze(something easily developed) after the initial symptoms of 4 Ds" from Vitamin B3 deficiency.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

情绪烦燥

steve2000

兴奋 / 激动 / 忧虑 / 烦恼

Denyce Seow

2 +1

(after the initial symptoms)这倒没什么;这可不算什么

chica nueva

Answers

41 mins confidence:

兴奋 / 激动 / 忧虑 / 烦恼

Explanation:
Breeze: An excited (兴奋 / 激动) or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance (忧虑 / 烦恼)

"Breeze" is used as a colloquial language here.

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Note added at 2003-12-03 08:33:25 (GMT)
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Test translation: 初步症状....后, 使你精神异常，变得兴奋 / 激动 / 忧虑 / 烦恼

Reference: http://dict.die.net/breeze/

Denyce Seow
Singapore
Local time: 01:00
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1550

2 hrs confidence:

情绪烦燥

Explanation:
"A breeze" is a disturbed, quarrelsome mood. Here it is a behaviour of a nervous wreck.

steve2000
PRO pts in pair: 8

46 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

(after the initial symptoms)这倒没什么;这可不算什么

chica nueva
Local time: 05:00
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2161

Grading comment

谢谢大家！
"Pellagra"(a sickness) is "a breeze(something easily developed) after the initial symptoms of 4 Ds" from Vitamin B3 deficiency.

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