Tuck-Talk

When a Chinese doctor say you are heaty, or too cooling, what does he mean? 热气在中医中是什么意思?

I have discovered this saying/proverb/idiom that exists in all 3 languages, fascinating...

Imagine that! A woman was running towards me, pointing at me and screamed "You touching me!" GASP!

If your friend tells you that his/her pregnancy/kid was an accident, do you actually ask how? 你问过你的朋友他们意外怀孕的事吗？

2 stories that taught me about how it's not always about winning

We use this Chinese idiom everyday, but do you know it's origin? 我们几乎每天都使用这个成语, 但你知道它的由来吗？

Yes, you can speak English with a big accent, you have the most powerful 'gwailo' slang, but I think you cannot change this part about you if you are a Malaysian Chinese. 

Why do people speak English with a slang...?... because they want to feel high-class? ... because they want to have 'gwailo' feel? Or maybe because it's something else?

We all know what Valentine's Day is, but what about this? Do you know this? 我们都知道情人节是什么，但是这个呢？你知道吗？

Chinese New Year, seems very different now. Maybe it's up to us to restore the spirit, maybe this is the simple way.  农历新年，现在似乎很不一样。也许要靠我们来恢复精神，也许这就是简单的方法。

Many Chinese (especially those in SEA) have been celebrating these for decades, but do you know what is the meaning of this festival?

Ancient wisdom from an old friend. 老朋友的智慧 - 溝女的十诫.

Before technology took over, "kau lui" was very challenging. 在现代技术之前, 溝女是一项非常具有挑战性的任务.

The difference in living a 'normal life'.

Cantonese songs are different songs from other languages, it is unique and it is not easy to compose one. 

A Tuck-Talk update. 

Come find out how did '3 long 2 short' come about. 三長兩短的由来. 

So many of us have heard of the phrase 半斤八兩, but do you know its meaning? And what is the relation of that phrase to Sam Hui's famous song of the same title?  半斤八兩的意思, 以及它与那首著名歌曲的关系.

What is normal people with normal life? Are you living a normal life? 你过着正常的生活吗？

I've always thought my Grandma was speaking old fashioned Cantonese, but she's not... it's something else. 原来我的奶奶说的不是广东话...

Noticed this family activity is slowly dying... is it the same with you?  

P/S:- Episode record in autumn :)

牛一 (Ngau 1), directly translated as 'cow 1', also means birthday in Cantonese, and this is the origin behind it.

A short journey sending my daughter to school revealed something in Cantonese that solved an ancient mystery?

A funny journey in 'disciplining' my 鸽子.

"How are you?" is probably the most lied-to question ever. Asked everyday, hardly anyone tells the absolute truth.  Maybe ask this question instead?

Have you seen such 表现 before? Or maybe you have also 表现 before? :)

有人 panic and stressed... 八卦新闻

Have you experienced a time when you feel the whole world is against you when you are rushing?  Maybe so, maybe no?

Our lives may be much more comfortable now, but this experience is gold... truly nostalgic memories.

Remembering an old story and my way of trying to tempt my daughter to speak Cantonese.

Mood 心情 is important in our everydays' life. Do you know how much you have been affected by it?

Something Malaysian cantonese speaking Chinese tends to go through and some memorable times from 80s/90s TVB era. 

呃鬼食豆腐 - Why trick the poor ghost to eat tofu?

When you think back about this time in our past, you might realise you have superpower. 

It took me more than 30 years to figured the actual cantonese word for this particular "action" that we do almost everyday, do you know what it is?

Malaysian cantonese 马来西亚广东话 is unique because it has imported some other local words, here are some of them.

A very peculiar thing about us 亚洲人 in terms of language compared to westerners 西方人.

Is there a similar cantonese phrase for this? 人生从40岁开始?   :)