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Q: What kind of gift we should never give to a Chinese and why?
Never give a Chinese person a clock which can be perceive as having a limited life-span..
An umbrella is a no-no because the word 'san' also can mean 'to seperate'.
Never give a man a green hat, it means his wife is cheating on him.
Don't take pears to a Hospital patient
it is a sign that they should leave this world
A card or letter where their name is written in red.
I heard, that also giving flowers (specially to older people) is not appropriate, because it may be taken as "it's time to grave" (graves are often decorated with the flowers)
myth or fact?
lenaire:
yeah...
white flowers can't be sent to people cause white is a typical color used in Chinese funeral. other flowers like roses is okay..
Shoes... It means that you want them to go very far away.
The clock being a bad idea is definitely correct. I bought one for my wife on the occasion of our 1st wedding anniversary and it was very nearly our last!
When we were in the UK and buying presents one of the biggest things was making sure whatever you bought wasn't made in China, for my wife and her social circle such a gift would be unforgivable!
philbravery:
We have a joke in our house in Aus
everything in the house is made in China including the wife
the exemption is the kids who are made in Australia however were packaged in China
