Phrases that take on a new meaning in China

Cold water = Room temp or previously boiled water.

Your first mistake is to have Chinese "fiends". You need friends.

I think everybody needs at least one fiend in their lives.

Sorry, but you know the rule:  only point out typos if they're funny.

 

This has happened to me a couple times at different unis

Having fiends?

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This has happened to me a couple times at different unis

Having fiends?

Yes that too.

Phrases that take on a new meaning in China:

Food only comes in two varieties: delicious and not delicious

For the advanced English speaker, there are 2 more: very delicious and very not delicious (sic)

There are other phrases that take a whooooooole new meaning in China and I'll tell you later, in a moment

One time I had to get a camera serviced. The lady told me to wait a moment. I asked her how long is the moment. She told me about 2 hours

If she was pretty enough, admiring her while waiting could have been a very long and enjoyable moment.

Nice to meet you for the 42nd time today

I worked hard today / I had a hard day at work  means I only slept for 2 hours and had to do at least 45 minutes of work. On top of that, I had to pay for my own lunch

Geomancer - a word deemed appropriate to teach to students who labor through sentences longer than 5 words. [See also: palanquin, calamity, verdant, affliction, cloisonné]