In China, people also say so many euphemisms. Instead of saying a person died, we say he
takes a long sleep, goes back his hometown, or has a good relax. If a girl
wants to reject a boy, she says that she really wants him to be her brother. Instead
of saying silver dollars, we say Yuandatou. If the person didn’t finish the
work, his leader says that he is very good to satirize that he did work well. We
also use a common word to say a bad good, such as ground instead of opium. We sometimes
take apart of our word. For example, if we say army, made of hill and eight in Chinese
word, we sometimes take apart the word to hill and eight.
Interesting! I didn't understand what you meant by "a bad good, such as ground" Also why would you want to take apart the word for army? Is that supposed to be more polite? Is it supposed to be in a code?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your sharing. I think every country has some ways to saying a person died to show the respect to that person.
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