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Do You Know the Real Meaning of the Chinese Character ‘Stinky’ 臭?
The word “stinky” tends to be used to describe rotten food or something that smells bad. But in Mandarin, it’s associated with a personal characteristic.
The Chinese character for “stinky” is 臭.
It’s composed of the characters “one same” 自 and “important” 大.
In Chinese, “one very important” 自大 means a person has a big ego and is very arrogant.
When a person has a “stinky” character, other people try to avoid him or her, like something that smells bad. It’s a good reminder to be modest, and humble.
Pride comes before a fall
There is a story about the character for “stinky” 臭 in history books.
During the Warring Period, the Qin army had to pass through an area that belonged to the King of Zhou. According to local custom, anyone who traveled through this region had to get off his horse and walk through.
The Qin army soldiers got down and started walking through. But they became impatient after only walking a few steps, so they got back on their horses because they thought they were more powerful and would win.
They looked down on the King of Zhou, and showed no respect for his rules. A scholar who witnessed this incident said: “The Qin army will lose the battle.”
This turned out to be true—later the Qin army was defeated and lost the battle.
Because the soldiers showed no respect for the king’s rule, and didn’t behave as they should have, they had to pay for what they did.
According to the Book of War strategy,
pride comes before a fall.
If an army is conceited, it is doomed to failure. If a person is conceited, sooner or later he will suffer the consequences. This is true both for a country and a family.
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what u say? you are all over the place with your writing
In a China with 5000 yeals of a grolious kanji, we write Obama’s name like this 奥巴马. It is vely funny! The first chalactel means ‘interior’, the second chalactel means ‘swilring’, and the thild chalactel means ‘idiot’.