Teacher China led a dozen foreign students to Tianjin Zoo on foot to see pandas and other animals. Out of the school gate, you have to cross a wide road, and speeding cars roar past one after another. The teacher asked the foreign students crossing the road to say loudly, "Look at that car!" "Unexpectedly, several foreign students stopped at once and stared at the passing cars stupidly. It turns out that in this context, the teacher said "watching the car" is to pay attention to traffic and ensure safety. Foreign students understand it as "watching the car".

2. "Anyway, China won ..."

1983 women's volleyball team from China meets women's volleyball team from the United States in the World Cup group match. After the game, the headline "China beats the United States" appeared in the China newspaper. A few days later, in the final, China and the United States met again and competed for the championship. The title of the China newspaper was changed to "China trounced the United States". Kauste, an American student, was very happy after reading the newspaper. He thought that the American team had won and showed off in front of his classmates in China. As a result, he made a joke. Kauste said indignantly, "Chinese is so strange. China won the battle, so what game is there? "

3. "Dear Aunt:"

In Chinese vocabulary, "Niang" and "Ma" are equivalent words, both referring to mother. A British student studying Chinese in China took a fancy to a beautiful China girl on campus. So he wrote a courtship letter to the girl, but he forgot how to write the word "Niang" for a while, so he wisely changed the word "Niang" to "Mom", so the beginning of the love letter: "Dear aunt ..."

4. "Let's go to bed together!"

Chinese verbs "Shang" and "Qi" sometimes have the same meaning, for example, "upstairs" and "Qi" both mean upward. But sometimes the meaning is just the opposite, for example, "going to bed" and "getting up" are two different things. An American girl was invited to a friend's party, and her China male neighbor helped her learn Chinese. Because it was too late and drunk, I stayed at a friend's house. Before the break, the American girl handed a note to the China boy: "Let's sleep together tomorrow!" She is going to get up and leave together tomorrow. But this note, but let China boy didn't sleep well for half a night.

5. "There are many assholes in Tianjin!"

"Classmate, you said that it has been nearly half a year in Tianjin. What's your impression of Tianjin? "

"Teacher, there are many cars in Tianjin." A Cuban girl said.

"Teacher, there are many bicycles in Tianjin." A Vietnamese girl said.

"Teacher, the fish-flavored shredded pork in Tianjin is really delicious!" A Ukrainian boy said.

"Teacher, there are many bastards in Tianjin!" A Korean boy said.

"What? What did you say? " The teacher is puzzled! "Come to the front and write this sentence on the blackboard."

Korean students wrote seven neat Chinese characters on the blackboard with chalk: "There are so many Internet cafes in Tianjin!" " "

6. "Don't worry, I'll wear a condom!"

A foreign student told the teacher that he often went out by motorcycle. The teacher reminded him that there are many cars on the streets of Beijing, so you must pay attention to safety when riding a motorcycle. The foreign student said, "Teacher, don't worry, I will wear a condom." Of course, he means "wearing a helmet".

7. "We are nothing!"

An American professor who teaches Chinese analyzed the meaning of the Chinese character "thing" when teaching Chinese to American students, saying: The Chinese character "thing" not only indicates the direction, but also refers to objects, such as desks, chairs, televisions and glasses, which can be called "things", but living animals can't be represented by "things". For example, you and I are nothing. None of us are things.

8. "You can't come when it's convenient for me!"

Several students from China invited foreign boys who had just come to China to study Chinese for dinner. A classmate from China said, "I'm going out to pee." . Foreign students don't understand, but China students tell them that convenience means going to the toilet to excrete. The foreign student remembers it. One day, a girl said, "I hope I can visit you at your convenience." After listening, the foreign students immediately waved their hands and said, "No, no! You can come at any time, but not at my convenience. "

The slogan of China's service industry is "to provide convenience for customers!" International students understand that toilets are for customers.

China people are very polite and modest to their guests. It was obviously a sumptuous banquet, but they said to the guests, "Please have something light." Seeing such a sumptuous meal prepared by China's host, foreign guests gave thumbs up and praised: "This is a shit meal!" This sentence made the whole table of China people suddenly lose their appetite.

9. "Where-where"

Chinese "where where" means self-modesty, as a response to a friend's praise. But Mr W, a foreigner who is not familiar with China, attended the wedding of a young couple in China. He praised the bride's beauty politely, but the groom said modestly, "Where-where." Mr. W felt that the groom thought he couldn't make it clear, so he continued to say in blunt Chinese: "The bride's eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth are beautiful!"

10. Laughing in Jiuquan

In teaching Chinese as a foreign language, the teacher asked, "Students, each of you said a Chinese idiom to describe how happy the teacher is today." The students are very active: "smile", "laugh" and "be in high spirits". The teacher went on to say, "Say idioms with numbers, such as one, two, three, four …" An American student responded quickly and replied loudly, "Teacher, smile in the grave!" "