Aug 1, 2006 00:52
17 yrs ago
English term

glad rags

English to Chinese Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
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Let's put on our glad rags and go out tonight!
Proposed translations (Chinese)
4 +2 飲(宴)衫
4 +4 晚礼服
4 +3 盛装
4 最好的衣服
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Proposed translations

+2
26 mins
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飲(宴)衫

your glad rags (old-fashioned)
the clothes that you wear when you are going somewhere special. Put your glad rags on, we're going to a party.
港式﹕飲(宴)衫
Peer comment(s):

agree Wenjer Leuschel (X) : 阿堵衫吧?
17 hrs
多謝
agree Zhuoqi Mills (X)
18 hrs
thanks
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you! this one seemed to me to be the closest. ('glad rags' is humorous...) "
+3
4 mins

盛装

glad rags = 盛装 according to "Warmth Modern Practical English-Chinese Dictionary" ISBN 957-508-737-2
Peer comment(s):

agree Wenjer Leuschel (X) : 阿堵衫吧?
18 hrs
Sorry I don't know. Is this a Taiwanese dialect?
agree Ben Shang
2 days 16 hrs
agree Sharlene
3 days 5 hrs
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+4
24 mins

晚礼服

OR JUST 礼服
Peer comment(s):

agree Shang
2 hrs
agree Wenjer Leuschel (X) : 阿堵衫吧?
17 hrs
agree Ray Luo
1 day 20 hrs
agree Sharlene
3 days 5 hrs
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3 days 5 hrs

最好的衣服

[英][非正式]最考究的衣服,礼服,盛装。
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