With Chinese currency, the smallest coin is ¥0.1, one jiǎo. 0.1 CNY = 0.013 EUR. They may not be familiar with the convention of always writing the hundredths place, even if it’s zero, used with euros or dollars, especially if they’re using Google Translate for the menu.
8 (八 ba) is considered a lucky number in Mandarin due to its pronunciation being similar to "fortune" (发 fa). So you get lots of things priced with 8 (also for telephone numbers, plate numbers, etc.)
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I'm willing to try it this way.
Is this a religious text?
Army field manual.
It's an early draft for the tablets of ten commandments. We know this because it only shows 7.
What's the correct translation?
Dry-fried duck, I think.
Yeah dry-fucked duck sounds like a reasonable typo
That is the correct translation.
Google translate says "dry-fried duck"
dry-dried fuck
Fuck the duck until you bust.
Translate gave me crispy roast duck
when i'm really exasperated, and 'damn' or 'shit' or 'fuck' just won't suffice, one of my go-to's is 'fuck a duck!'
i shall now supplement that for the most special of occasions with 'fuck a duck until it explodes'.
5/5 stars will come again.
Screw a kangaroo!
Finger-bang orangutan
Support your local zoo!
Until it e- no I’m sorry I got carried away sorry.
Until it explodes!
Until it explodes!
Shit a brick.
Until it explodes!
I know it's probably on purpose, but I feel like it needed highlighting.
Showing the price accurate to one decimal place makes me feel uncomfortable. Is that €10.80, or is it, like, €10.82 and they rounded?
With Chinese currency, the smallest coin is ¥0.1, one jiǎo. 0.1 CNY = 0.013 EUR. They may not be familiar with the convention of always writing the hundredths place, even if it’s zero, used with euros or dollars, especially if they’re using Google Translate for the menu.
8 (八 ba) is considered a lucky number in Mandarin due to its pronunciation being similar to "fortune" (发 fa). So you get lots of things priced with 8 (also for telephone numbers, plate numbers, etc.)
See also: loose dried fruits
Delicious 😋