# Two women under one roof is "misery" in Chinese. Or not. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 19, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-women-under-one-roof-is-misery-in-chinese-or-not/427087 "2007-11-19T21:35:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-women-under-one-roof-is-misery-in-chinese-or-not/427087/41 "2011-08-25T05:55:55Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > [sup]女[/sup]杯[sup]女[/sup] … no wood between two girls to represent 2 girls 1 cup? seems appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-women-under-one-roof-is-misery-in-chinese-or-not/427087/42 "2011-08-25T08:21:40Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I fucking love English. When I first ran across the buffalo buffalo, I was led to [garden path sentences](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence), which I also love. A great example from that page is “The horse raced past the barn fell.” ---
**Author:** ![Innocent\_spouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Innocent\_spouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Innocent_spouse)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-women-under-one-roof-is-misery-in-chinese-or-not/427087/43 "2015-03-29T23:43:11Z")
My husband had an affair with my mother. He said, “Chinese 4,000 years history is just like that, take it.” He himself doesn’t know how much Chinese he is. I studied Chinese history, not a single similar case I had ever heard. Just common adultery warrant drowning in a pig cage. He then change to: He had romance with my mom in the past, that continue in this life, and they will evolve to the future … ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-women-under-one-roof-is-misery-in-chinese-or-not/427087/44 "2015-03-30T01:26:12Z")
Beware the Jabberwock, my son! ``` The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! ``` Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun ``` The frumious Bandersnatch!” ``` ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-women-under-one-roof-is-misery-in-chinese-or-not/427087/45 "2015-03-30T04:27:02Z")
Was the female pictogram in these characters really meant, all along, to convey that “women = trouble,” or is that simply coincidental? ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-women-under-one-roof-is-misery-in-chinese-or-not/427087/46 "2015-03-30T07:55:34Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > When I first ran across the buffalo buffalo, I was led to [garden path sentences](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence), which I also love. From the Wikipedia link: > [@](#): > > The obviousness of fruit flying like a member of its class and the poor aerodynamic properties of bananas [_[citation needed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)_]. . . . Miss Grundy at her best or Wikipedia whooshing the English-speaking world? ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-women-under-one-roof-is-misery-in-chinese-or-not/427087/47 "2015-03-30T10:33:52Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > When I first ran across the buffalo buffalo, I was led to [garden path sentences](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence), which I also love. A great example from that page is “The horse raced past the barn fell.” Someone at Wikipedia has a sense of humour: “\*the poor aerodynamic properties of bananas[**citation needed**]” \* ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-women-under-one-roof-is-misery-in-chinese-or-not/427087/48 "2015-03-30T12:42:47Z")
Be advised this is an 8 yo zombie revived by a borderline incoherent newbie drive by. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-women-under-one-roof-is-misery-in-chinese-or-not/427087/49 "2015-03-30T16:07:31Z")
According to Google, the Chinese word for “Zombie” is “僵尸”. It’s also their word for Vampire, the Chinese idea of vampires being a little bit different from the Western idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-women-under-one-roof-is-misery-in-chinese-or-not/427087.md?page=2)