bic33 said:okay.. let's just say this, TH has defeated BCL numerous times recently... 2004.. umm.. for me, i doesn't seem to be 'recent'
ye333 said:Well, being a native speaker of mandarin for >30 years, I find the figurative use of "da3duan4ta1de tui3" very unnatural. Yes you can try to interpret it as "try to make LCW run as much as possible", but I just find it unnatural, I have never heard anyone using it in the above sense. The only way "da3duan4" being used figuratively I can think of is "da3duan4" some process, say somebody's talking. So either I do not have enough experience with Mandarin or LYB has just added a new usage to "da3duan4".
As to "break" in English, I think there are many examples of it being used figuratively in sports talking.
I hope I have made myself clear. "Da3duan4" can be interpreted in your way, but to me it just sounds very unnatural. For example, if I say, "wang3si3li3da3", that sounds worse than "da3duan4", but unless my protege is really beating some ppl up, it is natural to understand it in a figurative way.
jamesd20 said:I think this thread is about CH and LYB, not BCL Vs TH.
Anyhow, Yes CH is ageing, and unlikely to be huge threat to CHN MS in long term (also see below) I think LYB is upset for three reasons:
1.Yes LYB will want any China successes to be associated with him, but this is secondary, CH was produced by team china under LYB regime, so this is not much of an issue IMHO
2.LYB will not want CH to have too much success and fame, as it will encourage other talented players to possibly leave national team and be indepedent. This is very different from Pi/Xu/Wang Chen where they moved to represent another country, as CH still rpersents China, but as indepedent.
3. CH claims he is to retire as dropped from national team and this has been agreed, then CH announces to come back. LYB may feel CH tricked him into allowing him to retire.
However CH would be upset that although he is comfortably a top 5 player and an equal, if not better than other compatriots at the moment he has been told un equivocally he will not play in olympics. This muct hurt. And although CH will know he cannot play olympics as an indepedent (LYB will not select him) he would not have wanted to train under CHN team anymore.
From a playing perspective CH techniques and skills are far exceeding CJ/BCL/LD/CY IMHO. LD is the only player I beleive in CHN team who has an edge against him, as Physically LD's speed and agility can outweigh his technical deficiencies (of which LD has improved).
The age factor is not an issue for me. CH is a tremendous athlete, with efficient movement unlikely to take a heavy toll on his body. OMO CH could play longer than LD/BCL/CY in neccessary. CJ is much younger, but lacks a cutting edge.
laonong said:"da3" means play here not hit or break. How can his players hit or break LCW's leg. His player could be arrested if they did that
ye333 said:Yes you can try to interpret it that way, all I was saying is, such a usage of "da3duan4" does not sound natural to me at all.
Of course no one will really break LCW's legs, but what we are arguing here is whether it is an strategy instruction, or its main purpose is to disturb LCW. I believe it is the latter.
Shifty said:so why are all the malaysians getting so upset over it?
how old is CH right now? i think he will really start to drop off soon, because he simply can't keep the same stamina as the younger people, it's a fact of life.
volcom said:Gade is still going strong albeit not like he used to and hes into his 30's.
cindie said:I find this statement absurd and funny. Showing no respects to spectators just because it's an all-china players final?? Don't you think it's an all-china players final because they deserve that? I believe China is so powerful today because they have put in all the efforts and hardworks..I think we should learn from them (if we don't want anymore all-china players final in future), rather than despise them.
Correct me if I have misunderstood your statement.
jimbo said:Of coz, U were wrong. What I meant is that LYB unofficially instructed his players to W.O on several men's singles final when PRC vs PRC are involved. I dont need to bring up the case where Chen YU W.O in German Open 2007 (pls correct if my memory serves wrong) against the mighty LD in the final by giving a lame excuse of leg's injuries. The following week, yes, within a week, he fought all the way to the ALL ENGLAND final against the mighty LD again. Of coz, he was no match to LD but obviously the "injuries" did not affect his games at all. I heard that German officials were planning to sue LYB for being unsportmanship and disrespect to the badminton game.
I have no prob with the PRC vs PRC finals coz I just dun watch those games except men singles. And I never doubt their hardwork and determination during the training sessions. It's not a rocket science to understand why PRC is a powerhouse in Badminton where they have virtually 1.3B ppl to choose from.
Shifty said:i find what you say about the 1.3B ppl thing total b*** s***. why's New Zealand world class in rowing? why did we take 4 golds in the world champs in rowing, when we've got 4 MILLION people, against Russia, who's got a population that's hundreds times larger than us, but we beat them with Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell. if not, what about the America's Cup, when we face off against a country with 220 Million and still defeat the USA. what about rugby? a 4 million ppl nation dominating the world? defeating england, Aus and SA? it's not a matter of population, if so, it would mean China dominating track events but it's America who does.
it's not a matter of how many people there are, it's a matter of how hard you try, and frankly, the Chinese are the ones who try hardest, and maybe a little respect for thier efforts won't go astray, rather than saying it's a population thing, when it's not, it's about who tries the hardest.
cindie said:Shifty, I really like you..![]()
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jimbo said:Of coz, U were wrong. What I meant is that LYB unofficially instructed his players to W.O on several men's singles final when PRC vs PRC are involved.
Shifty said:i find what you say about the 1.3B ppl thing total b*** s***. why's New Zealand world class in rowing? why did we take 4 golds in the world champs in rowing, when we've got 4 MILLION people, against Russia, who's got a population that's hundreds times larger than us, but we beat them with Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell. if not, what about the America's Cup, when we face off against a country with 220 Million and still defeat the USA. what about rugby? a 4 million ppl nation dominating the world? defeating england, Aus and SA? it's not a matter of population, if so, it would mean China dominating track events but it's America who does.
it's not a matter of how many people there are, it's a matter of how hard you try, and frankly, the Chinese are the ones who try hardest, and maybe a little respect for thier efforts won't go astray, rather than saying it's a population thing, when it's not, it's about who tries the hardest.
2cents said:This approves again that coaching is not that important. Even the training is not that important either.
cindie said:I've no comment here as I don't know LYB personally and obviously I don't hear him instructing them, so I don't want to simply say he "unofficially" instructed his players to W.O.