Japanese tourists cried and laughed when they saw Chinese slogans in the street. What happened?

When it comes to Japan, people will definitely think of some Japanese courtyards, modern Japanese streets, hurried pedestrians, cherry blossoms all over the sky and so on. Walking on the streets of Japan can also feel a kind of cultural shock, so Japan has become a leading country for many people to travel.

Many tourists who come to China will find that the characters they use are actually very similar to the Chinese characters we use, and the writing of these Chinese characters is very similar to the square characters on the documents. But what they mean is different from what we understand.

In fact, it is those Chinese slogans that make China tourists feel incredible. Although they are all in Chinese, they don't know what the whole sentence means when they are linked together. It seems that grammar is an important factor when editing Chinese slogans, so these slogans are not fluent in China.

For example, a very common sign, which is used everywhere, is the toilet sign. There are three languages on the sign, the first is Japanese, and the second is English at the bottom of Chinese. Slogans in Japanese and English are easy to understand, but in Chinese it means "suppose the bathroom".

In fact, the English expression of this toilet sign is toilet(temporary), which means temporary toilet, but after it is expressed in Chinese, its meaning has changed. Actually, these signs are common mistakes in Japan. It will also cause ambiguity because the sentence is not fluent.