Congo (Brazzaville) and Congo (Kinshasa), East Germany and West Germany, which other countries have too similar names?

If you look at Chinese alone, it may not be obvious.

Similar countries include Russia and Belarus; Algeria, Albania; In addition, there are Palestine and Pakistan.

These countries are all one or two words apart.

In the past, when it comes to China-Pakistan friendship, many people may mistakenly think that this Pakistan is Palestine.

In fact, Palestine, which is close to the Mediterranean, is a country that often goes to war with Israel. Up to now, it has lost more than half of its territory.

Pakistan, this country, is next to India. This is China's good neighbor.

As the saying goes, China-Pakistan friendship is as strong as iron. To what extent is iron? I don't know.

I only know that when the Yemeni civil war broke out, China sent ships to evacuate overseas Chinese. Pakistanis can board a boat in China and go straight home.

People from other countries who want to board the ship in China have been turned down. Sorry, the seat is gone. Just wait for the country to save you.

In addition, talk about countries that are easily confused in English.

I remember a joke that North Korea seized an axe made in Austria. Because the axe was brought by the US military, North Korea broke off diplomatic relations with Australia after learning about it.

Australia is also puzzled to see that North Korea wants to break diplomatic relations with them.

Later, I learned that it was a Korean translator, and his English level was not high, so he translated Austria into Australia. As a result, Australia has been blamed for several years.

In fact, in English, Austria is Australia and Australia is Australia. They look very similar, so it is no wonder that Koreans make mistakes in translation.

So it's better to read more books to avoid making too many jokes.