Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
拌到马的腿儿
English translation:
block the knight's way
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Denyce Seow
May 23, 2006 09:50
18 yrs ago
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拌到马的腿儿
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您的意思就是说，这是布什在下的一盘棋。为了不要拌到马的腿儿，所以我这个棋子儿我一定要挪一挪，让马呢跳得更利索一些。
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | not to block the horse's way |
Naikei Wong
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| 3 | be hindered 或 be handicapped 或 have one's hands tied |
wherestip
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| 3 | clear the way |
Angus Woo
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not to block the horse's way
Referring to Chinese chess here, I think -- if any chess lies immediately adjacent to the horse on the same grid line, the horse's way will be blocked in that chess's direction.
A situation called "绊马脚".
FYI:
GOQO獎品樂園- 玩家交流- 夠酷象棋熱點分析 - [ Translate this page ][ 簡體 ]馬會不會被絆馬腳？ 五、炮三進六，馬8退7。炮吃炮還是吃馬？ ... 絆馬腳!馬被吃. 要是馬走其他位置就不會被吃了. 十六,炮怎麼進六?隔了兩重!頂多只能進二打兵. ...
www.goqo.com/web/player/2005-10-17/332275.html - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
談中國象棋、國際象棋、日本將棋之比較 - [ Translate this page ][ 簡體 ]xiangqi. 世界上象棋的種類名目繁多，例如蒙古象棋、朝鮮象棋、伊朗象棋等等。 ... 然而國際象棋又少了中國象棋的絆馬腳的限制，就顯得更勝一籌。 ...
xiangqi.111.tofor.com/tz.asp?xh=71 - 61k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
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--- hamstring or "hamstrung" is the English term for it.
FYI:
Cambridge Adv. Learner's Dict:
hamstring (LIMIT) /"h{m.strIN/ verb [T often passive] hamstrung, hamstrung
to limit the amount of something that can be done or the ability or power of someone to do something:
The company was hamstrung by traditional but inefficient ways of conducting business.
hamstring (BACK OF KNEE) /"h{m.strIN/ noun [C]
any of five tendons (= cords of tissue connecting muscles to bones) at the back of the knee:
He pulled (= injured) a hamstring while playing rugby.
A situation called "绊马脚".
FYI:
GOQO獎品樂園- 玩家交流- 夠酷象棋熱點分析 - [ Translate this page ][ 簡體 ]馬會不會被絆馬腳？ 五、炮三進六，馬8退7。炮吃炮還是吃馬？ ... 絆馬腳!馬被吃. 要是馬走其他位置就不會被吃了. 十六,炮怎麼進六?隔了兩重!頂多只能進二打兵. ...
www.goqo.com/web/player/2005-10-17/332275.html - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
談中國象棋、國際象棋、日本將棋之比較 - [ Translate this page ][ 簡體 ]xiangqi. 世界上象棋的種類名目繁多，例如蒙古象棋、朝鮮象棋、伊朗象棋等等。 ... 然而國際象棋又少了中國象棋的絆馬腳的限制，就顯得更勝一籌。 ...
xiangqi.111.tofor.com/tz.asp?xh=71 - 61k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-05-23 12:30:39 GMT)
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--- hamstring or "hamstrung" is the English term for it.
FYI:
Cambridge Adv. Learner's Dict:
hamstring (LIMIT) /"h{m.strIN/ verb [T often passive] hamstrung, hamstrung
to limit the amount of something that can be done or the ability or power of someone to do something:
The company was hamstrung by traditional but inefficient ways of conducting business.
hamstring (BACK OF KNEE) /"h{m.strIN/ noun [C]
any of five tendons (= cords of tissue connecting muscles to bones) at the back of the knee:
He pulled (= injured) a hamstring while playing rugby.
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Comment: "Thanks. All answers are helpful, but I can only give the points to one person. I'll give them to NK because he has one agree vote."
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be hindered 或 be handicapped 或 have one's hands tied
The correct term in Chinese chess is 绊马腿
As you probably know and as NK desribed, in Chinese Chess rules, 马 is prevented from jumping diagonally across in a 日 pattern if another chess piece is sitting immediately in front of it. This situation is called a 绊马腿
So here the author/speaker is borrowing the term and using it in poltics. As you said, Bush wanted to get the chess piece blocking the horse's movement(Wolfowitz) out of the way so the horse(Rice) could be placed where he intended to place it
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Another suggestion:
Block the movement of his(Bush) chess pieces
As you probably know and as NK desribed, in Chinese Chess rules, 马 is prevented from jumping diagonally across in a 日 pattern if another chess piece is sitting immediately in front of it. This situation is called a 绊马腿
So here the author/speaker is borrowing the term and using it in poltics. As you said, Bush wanted to get the chess piece blocking the horse's movement(Wolfowitz) out of the way so the horse(Rice) could be placed where he intended to place it
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-05-23 12:50:00 GMT)
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Another suggestion:
Block the movement of his(Bush) chess pieces
1 day 17 hrs
Chinese term (edited):
不要拌到马的腿儿
clear the way
For those who don't play Chinese chess, maybe it's not such a good idea to use direct tranlsation. 不要拌到马的腿儿 simply means clear the way for something to happen. If the target readers don't know much about Chinese chess, then perhaps "clear the way" would be easier to understand.
It's just my 2 cents.
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