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A now vanished Chinese restaurant near us was named in English 'The Good Earth', but in Chinese even I with near zero knowledge could read 'Three Big <something
by tragomaskhalos 4y ago
A now vanished Chinese restaurant near us was named in English 'The Good Earth', but in Chinese even I with near zero knowledge could read 'Three Big <somethings>'; never found out what that last character was and couldn't imagine what would make sense in context either!
- DiogenesKynikos 4y ago大三元. It's a Mahjong reference.[0] By the way, those are the 17th, 125th and 370th most common characters in modern written Chinese. 0. https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh/%E5%A4%A7%E4%B8%89%E5%85%83 https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh/%E5%A4%A7%E4%B8%89%E5%85%83