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That is very interesting. In Chinese, a word for rabies is 恐水病, which literally means fear water disease. I have never understood why until I read your explanat
by magpi3 4y ago
That is very interesting. In Chinese, a word for rabies is 恐水病, which literally means fear water disease. I have never understood why until I read your explanation, but from what you have said the Chinese term would also appear to be misleading.
- thaumasiotes 4y agoIt's possible that the Chinese word for rabies is translated from the West. This appears to be the case for other illnesses such as 糖尿病 sweet-urine-disease (diabetes mellitus).† I don't really know how to find the answer to that question, though. † I guess if it were a really literal translation of the Western term, it'd be 蜜尿病.