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Q: Why do people say 'niu' (beef) to say someone is cool/impressive?

12 years 17 weeks ago in  Teaching & Learning - China

 
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Apparently it comes from '牛仔' Niúzǎi , which means cowboy in english.
Due to a lot of wild west themed movies of the 60s and 70sand their badass clint eastwood like heroes, the term 牛 became synomynous with cool or impressive  ..
My chinese friend told me this.  

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hahahaha it's actually short for a slang word which means a male bull's reproduce organ . it's probably very impressive (i have never seen one though ) . and some people say the abbreviation in order to avoid the dirty word

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I thought it was Niu bi not just Niu! You must have not heard the other part that's why you are so confused. Listen carefully next time!

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There are cookies, bookies and too many rookies for me to sit here trying to be a hooky! Looky Looky don't call me a wooky. Touchy Touchy Feely Feely Spicy Spicy Nicey Nicey & that's what the doctor Ordered!!

 
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Some expressions in every language just cannot be translated literally . Why do English speakers use the word "dope" (drug) to express coolness and impression?

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This.... there's some things you can never explain in any language.

 

 

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