I was hoping somebody else would ask, but is this supposed to mean 网吧？
Comment by Randall Flagg — April 10, 2007 @ 2:48 pm
I’m also interested to find out what it means. We have:
王八 = wáng bā = tortoise 网吧 = wǎng bā = Internet café
At risk of being censored, we also have this to consider:
王八蛋 = wáng bā dàn = (literally) tortoise egg = bastard; son of a bitch
To me, it looks like a 王 with legs, running towards the street…
Comment by Jens — April 11, 2007 @ 9:40 am
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I was hoping somebody else would ask, but is this supposed to mean 网吧？
Comment by Randall Flagg — April 10, 2007 @ 2:48 pm
I’m also interested to find out what it means. We have:
王八 = wáng bā = tortoise
网吧 = wǎng bā = Internet café
At risk of being censored, we also have this to consider:
王八蛋 = wáng bā dàn = (literally) tortoise egg = bastard; son of a bitch
To me, it looks like a 王 with legs, running towards the street…
Comment by Jens — April 11, 2007 @ 9:40 am