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14:40 Mar 28, 2013 |
Chinese to English translations [PRO] Poetry & Literature | |||||
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4 +1 | Messing around, F-king around |
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Messing around, F-king around Explanation: There are a few typos in this phrase, notably for Chairman Mao 毛主席. There's no fixed term for this phrase. The sentence roughly means "what do you mean I am messing around? Responding to Chairman Mao is something you'd mess around with?", etc..... The phrase conveys the meaning of "messing around". However think of it this way: "when it comes to working for Chairman Mao, he doesn't fuck around". So it has that meaning of more seriousness in the whole "messing around" affair. |
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