• @[email protected]
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    Ahem. I’m still on my tiptoes, awaiting the meaning of the second character in “business.”

    • Hegar
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      102 years ago

      Ugh… it’s business. Chinese does that sometimes. 業 means line of business, trade or occupation.

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        And I’m still waiting on the second character of penguin. I’m guessing that’s Chinese doing its thing again?

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          102 years ago

          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.