Not really. She took care never to throw her best china.

也不是。她会留心那些昂贵的瓷器。

And so I said, you just broke my best set of china.

然后我就说，你打碎了我最好的瓷器。

There was a lovely shepherdess made of china on the desk.

桌子上有一个瓷器做的可爱的牧羊女的模型。

Why are we eating off the good china?

为什么我们要用上等的瓷器用餐呢？

I'll give you an example that I do know something about which is porcelain.

我会给你们讲一个我真正了解的瓷器的例子。

China is fragile, meaning very easy to break.

瓷器是易碎的，意思是很容易被打破。

This is just like my grandmother's china.

这和我婆的瓷器一模一样。

But the strangest of all were the people who lived in this queer country.

更让人奇怪的是，住在这个瓷器国家里的那些百姓。

Soon, writes Ms Marchand, production may return entirely to East Asia, where porcelain was first invented.

马尔汉德女士写道，瓷器的生产也可能很快就会完全回归东亚，那里是瓷器最早的发明地。

So, when you act like a bull in a china shop, you create damage.

所以，当你表现得像一头闯进瓷器店里的公牛时，你就造成了损害。

All our porcelain and glass was left to the museum by its founder when he died in 1878.

博物馆里所有的瓷器和玻璃制品都是其创始人在1878年去世的时候留下的。

This doesn't need to be an elaborate, formal affair, using your finest china and a five course meal.

这不必是一场精心策划的正式活动，也不必用上你最精美的瓷器餐具或准备五道菜。

Oh, come on. Bree, look at this. You're using the good china, freshly pressed napkins, flowers from the garden.

哦，拜托！Bree，看看这一切。你用了好的瓷器，刚刚压过的餐巾花园里的鲜花。

He didn't make gold, but Bottger was the first European to create something almost as precious: porcelain.

博特格没有制造黄金，但他是第一个创造了与黄金几乎同等珍贵的瓷器的欧洲人。

For example, when it comes to relationship issues, Diedre is like a bull in a china shop.

例如，当谈到感情问题时，迪德丽就像一只闯进瓷器店里的公牛。

That's when the formula for porcelain was discovered, a secret that had been held in China for a thousand years.

就在那时，瓷器的配方被发现了，这个秘密在中国流传了一千年。

With the technique improved by generations of craftsmen, today's eggshell porcelain can be made as thin as paper and gauze.

历代德化工匠不断对“薄胎技艺”进行挖掘、改进、发展，时至今日，依托这一技艺烧制而成的瓷器艺术作品可以薄如纸纱。

Because it's an extremely rare piece of Chinese porcelain, dating back 900 years.

因为这是一件极为罕见的中国瓷器，距今已有 900 年历史。

In those days, a king portrayed in porcelain was a happy king.

在那些日子里， 用瓷器描绘的国王是一个快乐的国王。

The VOC got silk from China as well, which also produced valuable porcelain.

荷兰东印度公司还从中国获取丝绸，中国同时也生产珍贵的瓷器。