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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Chao, Eveline.     Subjects     Chinese language -- Conversation and phrase books -- English.     Language and culture -- China.     China -- Languages.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Chao, Eveline.       by title:      Niubi! : the real Ch...         MARC Display

Niubi! : the real Chinese you were never taught in school / Eveline Chao ; illustrations by Chris Murphy. by Chao, Eveline. New York : Plume, c2009. Subjects Chinese language -- Conversation and phrase books -- English.   Language and culture -- China.   China -- Languages. ISBN:  9780452295568 (pbk.) : 0452295564 (pbk.) Description:  xvii, 188 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Contents:  On China, slang, language, and how to read this book -- Cow pussy, yes, cow pussy: A quick romp through the vagaries of the Chinese language, via one delightfully dirty word -- The Chinese art of everyday abuse : Chinese candor, the cruelly literal nickname, and why it's good to be mean -- profanity and swearing: from 'turtle egg' to 'idiot's cunt'-- Men & women: flirting, dating, love, & marriage : she might let you 'eat her tofu,' but you'll probably have to carry her purse -- Sex and body parts -- Here's hoping you don't have to resort to a 'chicken' or a 'duck' to avoid sitting at home 'shooting planes' -- Gay slang: the pleasures of the bitten peach, and the passion of the cut sleeve -- Behaving badly: words for doing things you'll regret in the morning -- Internet slang : censorship, friendship, and killing time -- Top 25 terms you need to know. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 495.18342 Ch Language Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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