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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

I don't think this can actually be translated back into English... but anyways:

非死不可, to me, sounds like shortened version of 你非要死不可?(Why do you want to die so much?)

Lol I remember I used to make a lot of cross-language jokes as a kid and new immigrant...

Why do you [use] Facebook? --> Why do you 非死不可? (Why must you die? / Why must you use the website that makes you die?)

Oh I just searched Wiktionary, apparantly it's an official entry... so it's not just me with this joke lol

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%9D%9E%E6%AD%BB%E4%B8%8D%E5%8F%AF

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[-] lavienG@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 days ago

I can understand what R U talking about 😃

[-] YICHM@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

「你有非死不可嗎」是無效自殺防治標語;「我沒有非死不可」是嫌犯請求減刑的說詞。

我只有在2016年買的通訊紀錄簿中,看過這個詞,因此推斷,大家都用臉書或者是FB等稱呼,沒想到真的有人非死不可……

[-] Aatube@thriv.social 2 points 6 days ago

I agree that it's hard to translate lol. Best I can do is "got to die".

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