Dialogues
between Chinese Characters 2

10 January 2008

In Chinese 熊 is for "bear" and 能 for "can".

One day 熊 (bear) met 能 (can), and asked, “What happened to you, mate? Where are your paws?“

能 replied to 熊, “Bug, some heartless humans cut my feet to make stews.”

熊问能："怎么啦你兄弟，四个爪子都没了？"

能回熊："别提了，被人偷去当山珍吃了。"

In Chinese 兵 represents "soldier" and 丘 "mount".

One day, 兵 (soldier) saw 丘 (mount) sitting on a wheelchair, and asked, “Good lord, since when you‘ve been amputated? “

丘 replied to 兵 bitterly, “Don't mention it! I accidentally stepped on a bloody landmine!”

兵见丘坐在轮椅上，很是吃惊.“怎么截肢啦，你的腿呢？”

丘愤怒地说：“还问呢，俺不小心踩地雷啦。”

In Chinese 臣 means “court official” and 巨 means “giant”.

One day, 巨 (giant) visited 臣 (court official) and commented, “Now I can see why it is important to have an architect to design your house for you. With the same floor space, I’ve got a bachelors flat and you have two extra bedrooms.”

一天，巨到臣家里做客，非常感慨地说：“你看，盖房子还是应该请建筑师设计的好。同样的面积，我的是个大通间，你的被设计成两室一厅。”

In Chinese 比 stands for “comparison“ and 北 for “north”.

One day, 北 (north) discovered 比 (comparison)’s extra marital affairs and demanded 比 to move out. 比 tried to make up with 北 and said, “No matter how, we’re a couple, why should we go separate ways? ”

北发现比有婚外恋，要比滚出去，比说：“夫妻何必闹分居呢？”

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