cimness:China’s netizens are all in a twitter over the account of a carpenter who was commissioned t
cimness:China’s netizens are all in a twitter over the account of a carpenter who was commissioned to make a cinnabar red high-backed chair with the finials at the top to be “in the shape of dragons’ heads” (chéng lóngtóu 成龍頭). Unfortunately, he misinterpreted the directions to mean “[in the shape of] Jackie Chan’s head” (“Chénglóng tóu 成龍頭”).(via Language Log » Reanalysis, Jackie Chan edition) -- source link