• Hegar@kbin.social
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      9 months ago

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

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        9 months ago

        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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          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.