China's capital Beijing means "Gate".
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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