Re:The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)
by bobthepanda on Sunday December 20, 2020 @10:24PM
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I mean, long time no see is a word for word translation for a Chinese greeting (in Cantonese, hou noi mou gin)
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Re:The Strange Case of Dr. Ho Man Kwok (2019)
by thaumasiotes on Sunday December 20, 2020 @10:30PM
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In Mandarin, 好久不见 háo jiǔ bú jiàn. It's not really word-for-word; the Mandarin version breaks down as very-longtime-no-see.