gole

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Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

[–] gole@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They didn't know the earth was round when they named their own country (a looooong time ago). They really thought it was the center of the universe and their kings were sent from heaven

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