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While I was teaching English today, my green dry erase marker ran low. I'll just get a refill from the admin office. I thought this would be a perfect time to practice my Mandarin Chinese.
I mentally rehearsed what I would say on my way and confidently said, "我要綠筆水" (Wǒ yào lǜ bǐ shuǐ.) meaning "I need more green marker ink."
However both admins, lovely young Taiwanese women, gasped and looked concerned. One of them thrust a tissue box to me.
It turns out I said, "我要綠鼻水" (Wǒ yào lǜ bí shuǐ) meaning, "I want green snot."
Chinese is kinda hard...
EDIT you should be able to click the Chinese words and listen to a google.translate voice. listen closely to the tone of the 4th syllable in each example.
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