You really cow!
你真牛!
This is a colloquial Chinglish translation of Chinese praise, using "cow" to replace the adjective "awesome", meaning ot...
Please take your garbage, we don't want
请带走您的垃圾,我们不收
This is a public environmental protection reminder, asking people to take away their own garbage and not leave it in pub...
Civilized toilet, thanks for cooperation
文明如厕,感谢配合
This is a public toilet reminder, advocating people to use the toilet in a civilized manner, keep the toilet clean and t...
Caution: Mind the tramp
小心:留意流浪汉
This is an inappropriate and discriminatory warning, wrongly reminding people to be wary of tramps, which is unfriendly ...
Beware of safety, slip carefully
注意安全,小心滑倒
This is a contradictory and wrong Chinglish safety reminder, the original intention is to remind people to pay attention...
Rape well-known
家喻户晓
This is an extremely wrong and offensive mistranslation of Chinese idiom, completely misinterpreting the meaning of "家喻户...
Push belly
推腹
This is a literal translation of Chinese health care method "tuī fù", referring to the health care action of pushing the...
Waiting rabbit hit stump
守株待兔
This is a literal translation of Chinese idiom, referring to people who only rely on luck to wait for gains without taki...
Mantis blocks cart
螳臂当车
This is a literal translation of Chinese idiom, describing people who overestimate their own strength and try to resist ...
Take good care of your child
请看好您的孩子
This is a warm public safety reminder phrase for parents and guardians, asking them to take good care of their children ...
Sit in well look at sky
A Chinglish translation of Chinese idiom, referring to people with narrow vision, shallow knowledge and limited worldview.
坐井观天
Spill water hard take back
Chinglish meaning words or things that have been done can never be taken back, just like spilled water cannot be retrieved.
覆水难收
Seven up eight down
Chinglish describing people's inner restlessness, anxiety, uneasiness and unstable state of mind.
七上八下
Do not lean on the door
请勿靠门
This is a safety and public civilized reminder phrase that prohibits people from leaning their bodies against the door b...
The slippery are very crafty
滑倒很狡猾
Completely lost translation of slippery floor.
Naked vegetable
裸菜
Uncooked unseasoned vegetables.
Please do not play in road center
请勿在路中间玩
Road safety sign for children.
The checkout command
收银台
Checkout counter mistranslation.
Carefully meet
小心碰头
Watch your head sign.
Please dont climb on the bed
请勿爬床
Hospital bed warning.
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