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Top ten examples of embarrassing Chinglish
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15:56, September 07, 2009

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According to a survey by sina.com, "Top ten examples of embarrassing Chinglish" chosen by netizens are as follows:

1. Good good study, day day up (好好学习,天天向上)
Note: Study hard and make progress everyday

2. How are you? How old are you?(怎么是你?怎么老是你?)
Note: Why are you here? Why do I always meet you?

3. You have seed. I will give you some color to see see. (你有种,我要给你点颜色瞧瞧。)
Note: You dare to bully me! I’ll get you back!

4. You ask me, me ask who? (你问我,我问谁?)
Note: You ask me the reason, I don’t know either.

5. We two who and who? (咱俩谁跟谁?)
Note: We are intimate friends.

6. No three no four (不三不四)
Note: indecent

7. Horse horse tiger tiger (马马虎虎)
Note: Just so so.

8. One car come, one car go, two car pengpeng, one car died! (关于一场车祸的描述)
Note: (It’s a description of a traffic accident) Two cars collide, one of them was ruined.

9. People mountain people sea (人山人海)
Note: So many people

10. If you want money, I have no; if you want life, I have one! (要钱没有,要命一条)
Note: I have no money, what I own is only one life.

By People's Daily Online



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