Oct 31, 2005 16:26
19 yrs ago
English term
Tom, Dick, Harry
English to Chinese
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Linguistics
Please, give me the equivalent in your language of the "every Tom, Dick and Harry" thing. I need to know how you call "mister anybody", a person whose name you don't and won't remember, an insignificant, average person (or more of them)! And what I need are personal names that replaces that "anybody": like Fulano y Mengana (Spanish), Caio, Tizio e Sempronio (Italian), etc.
And, may I ask you to write me down the names in Latin characters?
Thanks!
And, may I ask you to write me down the names in Latin characters?
Thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 5 +8 | 张三、李四 |
billychang
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| 4 | 张三，李四，王麻子/王五 |
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Proposed translations
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billychang
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Translate tradition & simplified Chinese
Native in: English 
, Chinese
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese
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张三、李四
This is the most common way of saying evry Tom, Dick, and Harry in Chinese. 张- used to be the 3rd largest surname and 李 used to be the second largest surname in China.
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Shang
: 张三李四, 阿猫阿狗, 一般人
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chica nueva
: Zhang San and Li Si = Third Zhang and Fourth Li; A'Mao, A'Gou = (Mr) Cat and (Mr) Dog (?!) - (that's so funny - Thanks Shang).something like Jack Cat and Joe Dog, rather than Mr?
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Thank.Also 阿猪,阿狗.
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Denyce Seow
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Angus Woo
: 如果用白話就係＂阿乜水＂＂阿邊個＂＂二打六＂
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melody9999
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Chinoise
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Danbing HE
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techguru
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
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张三，李四，王麻子/王五
zhang san, lisi, wang mazi/wang wu
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Note added at 11 hrs 11 mins (2005-11-01 03:37:39 GMT)
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wang mazi means "pimple face Wang", wang wu means Wang no#5.
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Note added at 11 hrs 11 mins (2005-11-01 03:37:39 GMT)
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wang mazi means "pimple face Wang", wang wu means Wang no#5.
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