Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
坐卧
English translation:
Sit and lie down
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Oct 11, 2023 17:14
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Chinese term
France
Native in: English 
坐卧
Chinese to English
Marketing
Tourism & Travel
Hotels
Context : "请勿在浴缸内站立及坐卧"
This is a text for a hotel, which appears to be about using the bathtub. As 坐卧 can mean both "sit" and "lie down" or "crouch", is it clear which of those it means in the sentence above? Does it mean both sitting and lying down are forbidden? Or perhaps reclining?
This is a text for a hotel, which appears to be about using the bathtub. As 坐卧 can mean both "sit" and "lie down" or "crouch", is it clear which of those it means in the sentence above? Does it mean both sitting and lying down are forbidden? Or perhaps reclining?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | Sit and lie down |
jyuan_us
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| 5 | Activities of daily life |
Haimi Lee (X)
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Sit and lie down
Sit and lie down in the bathtub.
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Note added at 31 mins (2023-10-11 17:45:56 GMT)
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The source doesn't mean "crouch."
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Note added at 2 days 7 hrs (2023-10-14 00:51:22 GMT)
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Yes, "please do not stand, sit or lie down in the bathtub" is what it literally means. The author's intention is that the bathtub is for people to use when they need to take a shower or bath. It advises people not to go into it if they are not taking a shower or bath. It sounds weird, but they just wrote it that way.
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Note added at 31 mins (2023-10-11 17:45:56 GMT)
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The source doesn't mean "crouch."
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Note added at 2 days 7 hrs (2023-10-14 00:51:22 GMT)
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Yes, "please do not stand, sit or lie down in the bathtub" is what it literally means. The author's intention is that the bathtub is for people to use when they need to take a shower or bath. It advises people not to go into it if they are not taking a shower or bath. It sounds weird, but they just wrote it that way.
Note from asker:
| Thank you for your quick response. So altogether, it is "please do not stand, sit or lie down in the bathtub"? |
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Activities of daily life
坐臥， there’s another meaning besides the meaning from the words itself, which refers to the activities of daily life. Which makes sense that you can’t doing daily life activities in the bathtub.
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