This video shows some driving tips posted up by the Taiwan government with Chinglish.
Dec 2, 2007
Chinglish-Driving Tips From Taiwan
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Nov 30, 2007
Chinglish! Hilarious examples of signs lost in translation
With so many English-speaking tourists and businessmen now traveling to China, the Chinese are having to translate their signs to help visitors. Sometimes, though, the message gets lost, and the results can be amusing, and often utterly baffling. Now a new book has collected pictures of some of the best examples and here we present a selection...
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Nov 24, 2007
Chinglish: Rubbish will never be homeless
According to Flickr, the above sign is located somewhere in the Great Wall. The meaning of the Chinese slogan is that "if you join us to protect the environment, there will be no rubbish at all". Homeless is the direct translation from the Chinese of "wu-jia-ke-gui"(无家可归),but here it means the rubbish should go where it should go. In another word, you must keep your rubbish to a right place (that is waste bin, the home of rubbish).
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Who knows China - Fox News
Hint: The President of China is Hu, Jingtao, and the Premier is Wen, Jiabao. Hu sounds like "Who", and Wen like "When".
When Chinese people answer phones, they typically say: Wei(喂)?, the same as "hello" in English.
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Nov 20, 2007
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