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[–] anguo@piefed.ca 169 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

The chinese name just says "~~Common~~ Generic Chinese name"

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 83 points 3 months ago

That just made this 1000x funnier. Thank you!

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's because its name was stripped. Nobody knows who or what it is. Its gender? 1337.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago

In their pants? Doom

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

通用 doesn't really mean "common", it's more like "all purpose" or something.

[–] anguo@piefed.ca 17 points 3 months ago

Yes, "generic" would be the right translation here. But same difference!

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 10 points 3 months ago

Nah. Name is White first name + easy to pronounce single syllable last name:

  • Jason Wu
  • Robert Su