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Oscars statuette 小金人

Posted on February 28, 2012 by rolling piggy

Chinese has a cute name for those Oscars statuettes 小金人. The literal translation is little gold person. (listen:) Oscars statuette  • 小: small, little. Pronunciation: xiǎo (3) • 金: gold. Pronunciation: jīn (1) • 人: person or people. Pronunciation: rén (2)

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Oscars. 奥斯卡

Posted on February 27, 2012 by rolling piggy

奥斯卡 is the phonetic translation for Oscars, which is Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. The name Oscars was originally used for the statuettes. (listen:) Oscars  • 奥斯卡: Oscars. Pronunciation: 奥ào(4) 斯sī(1) kǎ(3)

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