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submitted 7 months ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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To be fair, zero is a complicated number

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[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You didn't translate the first character "干", originally means "do", and like in English, eventually evolved to "fuck", like in "do me".

To make things even worse, 干 also means dry, when using a different tone. And 爆 is also a cooking technique, where they stir fry diced (or sliced) meat with very high heat to cook, resulting in a crispy and dry exterior and juicy inside.

A famous joke is that 干爆鸭子 (when written) can simultaneous mean the delicious "crispy diced duck", or "fuck the duck until it explodes".

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I did gloss over that, yes.