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Old Oct 15, 2011 | 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by lili
Bu jian jiao or Bu la are going to be my phrases of the week.
Can someone advise if that really means no chili pepper
and no hot pepper?
I don't know what the first phrase means - it might mean
"not seeing pockets" or something. "Bu la" means "not hot,"
so that could be handy. "Bu yao la" would mean "don't want
hot." "Bu yao la jiao" would mean "no hot pepper." I'm sure
there are a lot of folks more Chinese than I who could help
(after all, I'm only somewhat Chinese).
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