Dirty Chinese: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!"

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· Simon and Schuster
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Foul your mouth—while expanding your Mandarin vocabulary—with a guide to the phrases that could get you a laugh . . . or a punch in the face.
Next time you're traveling or just chattin' in Chinese with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:
  • Cool slang
  • Funny insults
  • Explicit sex terms
  • Raw swear words

Dirty Chinese teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of China:
  • What's up? Zenmeyàng?
  • Fuck it, let's party. Qù tama, zánmen chuqù feng ba.
  • Who farted? Shéi fàng de pì?
  • Wanna try doggy-style? Yàobù zánliar shìshì gou cào shì?
  • Son of a bitch! Gouniángyang de!
  • I'm getting smashed. Wo ganjué heduo le.
  • I can't eat this shit! Wo chi bù xià qù!
Foul your mouth—while expanding your Mandarin vocabulary—with a guide to the phrases that could get you a laugh . . . or a punch in the face. Next time you're traveling or just chattin' in Chinese with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you i...

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5 reviews
Steven Williams
July 21, 2021
Terrible, written by a compromised Australian, cow towing to the Transnational criminal organisation that is the CCP and the PLA
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Matt Coleman is a University of Queensland Chinese Language graduate who has spent six years in China—long enough to know that understanding foul language is a very important and essential skill that must be used wisely. Edmund Backhouse is the nom de guerre of a Beijing-based writer and translator. Despite his potty mouth and his choice of namesake, he leads a relatively virtuous life.
Matt Coleman is a University of Queensland Chinese Language graduate who has spent six years in China—long enough to know that understanding foul language is a very important and essential skill that must be used wisely. Edmund Backhouse is the nom de guerre of a Beijing-based writer and translat...

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