Chinese Words with Multiple Meanings
In Chinese, many words or phrases actually have more than one meaning. For instance, “加油(jiāyóu)” means “to add fuel,” “come on!” “cheer up,” and so on; “吃醋(chīcù)” literally meaning “eat vinegar,” but often implies “jealousy”; and “二(èr)”, the Chinese version of the Arabic numeral 2, is also used to describe someone who is very stupid, silly or careless.…