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anacapamalibu Dec 4, 2011 2:44 pm


Originally Posted by mnredfox (Post 17558282)
3. In China, older folks can call younger folks by terms of endearment, ".

a big exception " little younger brother" :D

ORDinaryPax Dec 18, 2011 2:00 pm


Originally Posted by anacapamalibu (Post 17565734)
a big exception " little younger brother" :D

I don't understand... does "小弟" have some prurient connotation?

I'm really asking, not making a joke. This is the kind of stuff you don't learn in grad school 中文 classes.

mosburger Dec 18, 2011 2:44 pm

Saw a waiter attack a Chinese patron in a bar in the Yangtze Delta about a month ago. Obviously he felt to have been spoken to in a derogative way.

They got into a fistfight and knocked over a few tables, then calmed down and the gentleman and his guest actually stayed in the establishment for the evening...Probably helped by the manager offering them drinks and food for free. ;)

anacapamalibu Dec 18, 2011 2:44 pm

this is the term

小弟弟

travelinmanS Dec 19, 2011 4:25 am

Lot's of fun ways to put 小姐 and 小弟弟 into the same sentence, but I would not recommend trying to do so at a restaurant on the Mainland.

mnredfox Dec 21, 2011 2:28 am


Originally Posted by anacapamalibu (Post 17650780)
this is the term

小弟弟


Originally Posted by travelinmanS (Post 17653384)
Lot's of fun ways to put 小姐 and 小弟弟 into the same sentence, but I would not recommend trying to do so at a restaurant on the Mainland.

Very true. In fact, don't use them in public....


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