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Luke Corbin's avatar

Thanks, this is a good one. There's an identical saying in Burmese, even enunciated recently by the coup leader dictator-in-chief himself, I had no idea it originated in (or is at least coeval with) 汉语

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Andrew Methven's avatar

Wow thanks Luke! Who would have thought! Good that it’s also topical, even if it’s a grim topic.

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