Some translations are based on phonetics and dialects, such as China (Qin) and Tea. Some are mysteries, such as pandas, and some are based on foreign hieroglyphics, such as jiaozi.

Panda is Pandora.

I Pandora and Panda.

Pandora and panda are very similar in English. From a homophonic point of view, when you mention pandas, you will definitely think of Pandora!

Whose name is it? Who let them get so close? The author studied that pandas were introduced to foreign countries in the19th century, and they were named after Pandora!

Second, the English naming of pandas is a mystery.

Father David of France saw the panda for the first time when he passed Baoxing in March 1869. Ursus Elano Renkus was named by him in the AD. Professor Alphonse Milne-Edwards (the son of the curator of the Paris Museum of Natural History, who later succeeded his father) wrote in an article entitled "On Several Mammals in Eastern Tibet" published in 1870: "In terms of its appearance, it is indeed very similar to a bear, but its skeletal characteristics and dental system are very different. It is similar to a red panda and a raccoon. This must be a new genus. I have named it AiLuroPoda. So today, the scientific name of the giant panda is still AiluropodaMelanoluca.

Then why is it called panda? But there is no reliable historical data. We think there are three possibilities:

1, the abbreviation of AiLuroPoda, does not conform to English morphology unless there are special reasons;

2. Naming gradually appeared in communication, just like reading "panda" as "panda" in China;

3, someone took the name, but there is nowhere to test.

Obviously, this is another "cultural anthill" phenomenon-a new term produced in oral communication. It is almost impossible to verify its source, but its motive can be found! Old Spanish, pan-genus, DA is short for DORA, which means gift! We immediately thought of the story about Pandora in Greek mythology.

Third, the English name of panda comes from Pandora.

1, Pandora's story

After stealing skyfire, Zeus's hostility to human beings increased day by day. One day, he asked his son hephaestus to make a beautiful woman out of clay and asked the gods to give her different gifts. Among them, Athena decorated it with gorgeous clothes, and Hermes gave it the ability to lie. The first woman in the world was a charming girl, because she got a gift that was harmful to men from every god, so Zeus called her pander. Another version said: After dressing up the woman, hamish had an idea and said, "Call this woman Pandora, which is a gift from the gods to mankind." All the gods agreed with his suggestion.

Step 2 reveal Pandora

Is Pandora the name of the first woman in the world? The Bible says that God made a woman named Eve out of Adam's rib. Since Greek mythology was formed in BC, we will not discuss the logical relationship between them for the time being, but even in Greek mythology, Pandora was not the first woman at all. For example, Dionysus is the god of wine and carnival, and also the god of art in ancient Greece. According to the most popular legend, he is the son of Zeus and Princess Semele. Princess Semele is a typical mortal woman. Hera, the wife of Zeus, persuaded the pregnant Princess Semele to show her true colors to Zeus to prove the sanctity of love. It turned out that when Zeus fell in love with a woman on the earth, they all appeared as incarnations. At the request of simler, Zeus agreed. Zeus is the main god in Greek religion and mythology. His strength is too great for a mortal woman, Simlai, who was killed by thunder.

Therefore, it can be inferred that women have another name. The gift that the gods hid in the box for the world is called "Pandora"-in ancient Greek, Pan means everything and Dora is a gift.

Greek mythology describes Pandora's box like this: Now the girl has a gift in her hand. This is a big closed box. She went straight to Epimetheus and suddenly opened the lid. The disaster inside flew out like black smoke and quickly spread to the ground. There is a beautiful thing hidden at the bottom of the box. Hope. However, according to the warning of the father of gods, Pandora quickly closed the lid before it flew out, so hope was locked in the box forever. Since then, all kinds of disasters have flooded the earth, the sky and the ocean. Diseases spread day and night among humans, but they were silent because Zeus wouldn't let them make a sound. All kinds of fevers are raging on the earth, and death runs like flies in the crowd. Only hope is locked in a box.

3. Explore pandas and Pandora.

It can be seen that human hope is hidden in a corner. When the panda found it, this lovely animal escaped all disasters and survived somewhere in the world. He is hope. You can imagine how excited the namer was at that time, and put the name and the hope of Pandora's Box into practice. Panda is Pandora, the most precious gift God has given to mankind!

The origin of tea

The sound, form and meaning of the word "tea" were first established by China. Tea is exported from China to all parts of the world. 16 10, China tea was exported as a commodity to Holland and Portugal in Europe, 1638 to Britain, 1664 to Russia and 1674 to new york, USA. Therefore, the appellation of tea all over the world originated from the pronunciation of "tea" in China, such as English.

That's what belts are called. Wonton and fried dumpling jiaozi can be called that!

Actually, there is no need to mention jiaozi's

As long as jiaozi speaks Chinese, foreigners know it.

Dumping is a more formal way of saying that all this food is stuffed into a leather bag. Dumping is pudding, jiaozi and the like, which is stuffed food.

But most jiaozi generally refers to jiaozi.

The English for Lantern Festival is sweet jiaozi.

Zongzi is zongzi.