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Feb 21, 2011 · There is no definitive history on the origin of the phrase, though there is plenty of speculation. The term, which is universally recognized as words that concede defeat (i.e., "I give up"), was ...
Nov 28, 1998 · This call by one child for another to submit or cry for mercy — which appears variously as say uncle!, cry uncle! or holler uncle! — is first recorded in print in the US early in the twentieth century. The Oxford English Dictionary ’s first example is from 1918, but I’ve found an instance in an advertisement in the Modesto News of ...
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Paternal side 爷爷 yéye, grandpa (father's father) 奶奶 nǎinai, grandma (father's mother) Maternal side 外公 wàigōng, grandpa (mother's father) 外婆 wàipó, grandma (mother's mother)
Maternal uncle and his wife 舅舅 jiùjiu, uncle (mother's brother) 舅妈 jiùmā, aunt (wife of mother's brother) Paternal uncle (father's younger brother)and his wife 叔叔 shūshu, uncle (father's younger brother) 婶婶 shěnshen, aunt (wife of father's younger brother) Paternal uncle and his wife 大伯 dàbó uncle (father's older brother) 伯母 bómǔ aunt (wife of fath...
Brother and sister-in-law (Husband's younger brother) and his wife 小叔子，弟妹 xiǎoshūzi，dìmèi Brother and sister-in-law (Husband's older brother) and his wife 大伯，嫂子dàbó，sǎozi
surrender. break. cave in. say uncle. give up. give way. put one's tail between one's legs. “The stubborn one-time peanut vendor may have to cry uncle again.”. Verb.
Aug 31, 2023 · cry uncle (third-person singular simple present cries uncle, present participle crying uncle, simple past and past participle cried uncle) ( US, colloquial) To beg for mercy; to give up, admit defeat. [from 19th c.]
Dec 13, 2023 · Uncle Hanzi. Richard Sears, known in the Chinese media as “Uncle Hanzi,” or 汉字叔叔 (Hànzì Shūshū), is a well known American living in China who has made a name for himself as something of an expert when it comes to the etymological origins of Chinese characters. Eureka
Nov 18, 2016 · Cantonese: Cheung. Zhang Dejiang. Origins: this name can be traced all the way back to the Yellow Emperor, the mythical founder of the Chinese nation. Inspired by his observations of the stars in ...
