r/ChineseLanguage • u/hskonline • Jul 12 '19

Vocabulary Cool!

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u/magnora7 Jul 12 '19

Really it even works the same in English:

Cow milk - Milk cow

Tooth brush - brush teeth

bee honey - honey bee

King of the country - Country of the king

Cool post!

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u/Aescorvo Jul 12 '19

House Cat....

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u/satoshi2693 Jul 14 '19

This literal translation is a better way of representing the symmetry than the actual figure

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u/Yazolight Jul 18 '19

Doesn’t work for the last one though! Unless I’m mistaken

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u/chhuang Jul 12 '19

皮包

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u/kahn1969 Jul 12 '19

no.

(take my upvote tho)

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u/0-_-00-_-00-_-0-_-0 Jul 12 '19

包皮 is foreskin for those who don't want to look it up.

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u/Rvoo Jul 12 '19

I looked it up on a dictionary app I have and it said it means "leather bag". So does Google translate but I don't trust Google translate

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u/kahn1969 Jul 13 '19

雾锁山头山锁雾

天连水尾水连天

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u/Sekkun1794 Jul 12 '19

Lol, so funny it works exactly the same in Vietnamese, except for toothbrush, I don't know that one.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '19

很好

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u/Aweshade9 Jul 13 '19

网上 and 上网 too

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u/ellesteeno Jul 12 '19

walkie talkie in French is talkie walkie

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u/TaiwanNombreJuan Jul 12 '19

Aren’t they just called anagrams?