BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHello am business goose.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up11.22Karrow-down132
arrow-up11.18Karrow-down1imageHello am business goose.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 year agoAhem. I’m still on my tiptoes, awaiting the meaning of the second character in “business.”
minus-squareHegar@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoUgh… it’s business. Chinese does that sometimes. 業 means line of business, trade or occupation.
minus-squareirmoz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoAnd I’m still waiting on the second character of penguin. I’m guessing that’s Chinese doing its thing again?
minus-squaresalty_mariner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoThe second character, 鵝, means goose. So 企鵝 is literally something like, “standing on tiptoes goose”. But no one would look at it that closely, to everyone it’s just a penguin.
Ahem. I’m still on my tiptoes, awaiting the meaning of the second character in “business.”
Ugh… it’s business. Chinese does that sometimes. 業 means line of business, trade or occupation.
And I’m still waiting on the second character of penguin. I’m guessing that’s Chinese doing its thing again?
The second character, 鵝, means goose. So 企鵝 is literally something like, “standing on tiptoes goose”. But no one would look at it that closely, to everyone it’s just a penguin.
Ah, well that all makes sense then.