• Kushan@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Someone once told me that the Chinese word for penguin translated to “business goose” and I cannot tell you how crestfallen I was when I looked it up and found out it wasn’t true.

    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
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      8 days ago

      I mean “企” character by itself isn’t really a word, but maybe the person thought of 企业 (Enterprise/Bussiness), which I would say technically that person isn’t like lying, just a misunderstanding of language.

      But then again, I’ve only attended primary school grade-levels in China, so I’m no word expert either.