As a learner of Mandarin Chinese, I often come across words or phrases that just sound plain funny when translated to English.
If you think about it though, most languages have words that sound a little strange when you examine their meaning. For example, people might give you a strange look if you said you were going to use your “far voice” to call the bank about a “dead pledge”. But if you talk like a normie, nobody will bat an eye when use your telephone to ring up the bank about a mortgage.…
