I am, at best, a novice of the Chinese language and this claim is laughable if for no other reason than it's almost impossible NOT to make puns. There's a famous poem - 44 dead stone lions - that's one part word play and one part tongue twisters that Chinese kids compete to say properly.
This is the sort of joke that needs to be translated into mandarin just so it can be mocked in a manner the culture can fully support.
I am, at best, a novice of the Chinese language and this claim is laughable if for no other reason than it's almost impossible NOT to make puns. There's a famous poem - 44 dead stone lions - that's one part word play and one part tongue twisters that Chinese kids compete to say properly.
This is the sort of joke that needs to be translated into mandarin just so it can be mocked in a manner the culture can fully support.