Grilled sexual harassment

Language Log 2013-05-05

Summary:

David Craig sent in this photograph and asked "What does it really say and why doesn't it?":The Chinese says xiánzhūshǒu 咸猪手 ("groper"), which is a noun derived from xiánzhū 咸猪 ("salted pork") + shǒu 手 ("hand") — adjective + adjective + noun. Thus, the literal meaning of xiánzhūshǒu 咸猪手 is "salted pig's knuckle / [...]

Link:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4605

Updated:

05/05/2013, 10:38

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Tags:

lost in translation

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

05/05/2013, 12:30

Date published:

05/05/2013, 10:33