Cantonese thinking is nimble, know a thing or two, having a unique style also is on deal. But have two pupil idea, cantonese is not willing to do or dare be not done.
The first not dare is: Sell big package
Here sell big package, not be the sale on literal meaning is big steamed stuffed bun. However the meaning of an extend the meaning in Cantonese -- it is goods make the same score greatly sell, sell the meaning that sends partly partly, basically can say, sell big package actually that is to say is doing business of lose money in business.
Sell big package, the sales promotion yielding benefit of building of the tea at the beginning of traceable Ming Moqing, tea building to attract deadbeat, live at rock-bottom tea guest especially, take business of flourishing tea building incidentally, a good public praise reserves between the guest, achieved packets ball of a kind of chicken is big, stuffing material is rich. Body also sells fork to burn Chengdu of bag, lotus than tea building bag and bag of sweetened bean taste are gotten greatly much, cry so " big package " .
A such big packages unluckily remainder, sell more cheaply than general refreshments, lure the customer that get tea scramble for sth. Average person had a big package, again also not feel like eating what. If sell more, the business of tea building need not be done.
Come when today, the businessmen of Guangdong says sell big package, actually that is to say is doing business of lose money in business.
Sell salty duck's egg
The Chinese is opposite since ancient times " dead " extremely abstain from, neither speak bluntly " dead " word, just have die, die, the expressions such as hall of die away, God. "Sell salty duck's egg " be in Guangdong is nice Nelly, the suggestion dies,
"Sell salty duck's egg " the view results from the dead enters coffin before, the enlarge below coffin measures tooth ash, and in the process of salty duck's egg that make, also can join many tooth ash, reason has this figure of speech.
Salty duck's egg cannot follow casually old wide say " sell " , accordingly, no matter salty is what egg, old wide one rate says " salty egg " . And the store that sells salty egg, say commonly " saline egg " , right after all " sell salty duck's egg " more or less to abstain from a bit really.
If you are in old wide in the small store that open, ask when the boss sells salty duck's egg, I reckon your at least wants to rest a few months.
Actually, cantonese can sell these things, but conceal a meaning as a result of phonetic, general not so say just!
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