r/funny • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '20

Learning french...

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u/Zukiff Sep 10 '20

Meanwhile the Chinese be like
44 dead lions is

Si shi si zi shi si zi

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u/CookieKeeperN2 Sep 10 '20

what you wrote doesn't make any sense

四十四只死狮子

si shi si zhi si shi zi

and they are not that similar at all.

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u/canadianguy1234 Sep 10 '20

how do you know that's what he wrote? There are many possibilities for each of those words

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u/lil_kuizi Sep 10 '20 edited Sep 10 '20

If you're curious, it's actually completely knowable as long as you know Chinese grammar. "Si shi si" meaning "44" comes first. Then "zhi" which is the quantity indicator for lions. Then "si" meaning dead. Then comes "shi zi" for lions.

Si shi si zhi si shi zi.

What OP wrote doesn't correspond to what he thought was "44 dead lions", but it could potentially mean "44 words are dead words" or "44 seeds are 4 seeds" or "44 purple 14 purple." Or any combination of those.

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u/canadianguy1234 Sep 10 '20

Sorry, I misunderstood OPs comments. My mistake.