Ondore@lemmy.worldBanned to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoHarry Potter’s Draco Malfoy becomes mascot for year of the horse in Chinawww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down14cross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
arrow-up184arrow-down1external-linkHarry Potter’s Draco Malfoy becomes mascot for year of the horse in Chinawww.theguardian.comOndore@lemmy.worldBanned to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square9linkfedilinkcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
minus-squareBananaIsABerry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·3 months agoFor anyone that didn’t read the article, it’s because the characters name is transliterated as “mǎ ěr fú”, which can be roughly read as “fortune horse”. Year of the horse - fortune horse. You see the pun.
minus-squareRustySharp@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoEvery Chinese year happens every 60 years. 12 animals x 5 elements
minus-squareOldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoCorrect horse battery staple If you know, you know.
For anyone that didn’t read the article, it’s because the characters name is transliterated as “mǎ ěr fú”, which can be roughly read as “fortune horse”.
Year of the horse - fortune horse. You see the pun.
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Every Chinese year happens every 60 years.
12 animals x 5 elements
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Correct horse battery staple
If you know, you know.