“Man-ee,” L says as she examines the 5 Yuan note.
She points at Mao Zedong’s purple face, “Shu Shu!” she claims.
Uncle Mao
Like any young Chinese woman is respectfully called ayi or aunt by a child, a young man is uncle –
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It won’t be long before she knows exactly who he is. One of these days, she may just ask why his face is on every note!
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Did she say that because she thought he looked like Shu Shu driver Liu?
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She said it because he is a man. They are in a phase of distinguishing “boy / girl, man / woman.” But in Chinese it’s at a more practical stage because they call women around them, in the street, shops,elevator ayi, and the young men shu shu.
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