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[quote=MISHEN ,32122]Haha... May is almost right.This is 'feminist' Chinese - the character is 'an'!'An' means 'peace' and is supposed to be written as the figure of a woman under a roof - in the old society, if a man has a woman at home, he can feel comfort. But this character isn't fair to girls!In English, a lot of words that were unfair to women have been changed. For example, we used to say 'Mailman' for someone who delivers letters - but what happens if the person delivering the letter is a girl? Nowadays, thanks to the Women's Rights Movement, we should really say 'postal worker' or something like that.So this character is revolutionary! It means that sometimes 'peace' is just as likely to be a man at home than a woman at home. Either way, if the person you love is at home, it means they're not outside with someone else!What do you think of 'feminist Chinese?' How many other characters should be updated to support women's rights?![/quote]
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