Chinese Tuesdays: The sound of vomit, and sausage enemas
Via Reddit, here's a collection of Pleco snapshots, "Funny/interesting entries from my dictionary app". It's a reminder of the versatility of characters, where one pictograph can have many, seemingly opposing, meanings – such as 哇 (wā), which most will know as the sound a baby makes, but also can mean both surprised delight, and vomming.
Sausages and enemas is another one you want to make clear from your context:
But while Chinese is endlessly flexible for certain concepts – 龉 yǔ, meaning irregular teeth, is a new favourite – it can fall short when out of its comfort zone:
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ht Sam Duncan
