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kaox0018 -

i'm using my wenlin dictionary program and it's telling me 佛陀 means both Buddha and slang for
"pickpoket." how did such a differing connotation get attached to this word?



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Sunny_xu -

well, "佛陀"　means buddha so does "菩萨".

菩萨 can mean pickpocket in some place of china (maybe in Beijing, and it's street talk).
cuz buddha is god who can't be seen and who's messing with your life. and there's nothing you can
do about it. And, pickpockets are ppl always sitting there doing nothing but waiting for "their"
profit.
PS: no offence to Buddhists.










Quest -

I would refrain from using slangs in China as many of them are local in scope.












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