6. Kowtow
磕头
Literally means "knock head." Pronounced e k'o-t'ou in Chinese. In China the word is a way of bowing and touching the forehead to the ground to indicate respect. In English the word means to "be servile: to behave in an extremely submissive way in order to please somebody in a position of authority."
字面意思就是“扣头”,在中文中的发音为:e k’o-t’ou ,意思是:鞠躬,前额碰到地上以示尊重。在英语中的意思是“奴化:为了取悦别人,表现得非常顺从。”
7. Junk
垃圾
The literal translation in Chinese is "boat." In 1884 the term came to mean "old refuse from boats and ships," and eventually came to mean trash in Western culture.
中文中的字面意思是“船”。这个词语在1884年表示的是“船上的废旧物”,在西方最终演变成垃圾的意思。
8. Lose Face
丢面子
The literal translation is "humiliation" and is pronounced tu lien in Chinese. The word is said to have been introduced to English speakers in 1876.
字面的意思是“丢脸、耻辱”,发音为tu lien。据说这个词汇是在1876引进西方的。
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