minus-squareenbyecho@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYou are correct - I had forgotten (been quite a while). I still think it’s funny but thanks for pointing this out. But 宝 (Bǎo) means “precious” or “treasured” and 红宝书 probably only gets translated as little red book because it sounds better in English. linkfedilink
minus-squareenbyecho@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 months agoWow. They really went with Xiao hong shu? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotations_from_Chairman_Mao_Tse-tung linkfedilink
You are correct - I had forgotten (been quite a while). I still think it’s funny but thanks for pointing this out.
But 宝 (Bǎo) means “precious” or “treasured” and 红宝书 probably only gets translated as little red book because it sounds better in English.