So apparently, the term superman comes from German. Odd, huh?
Ironically, at one point, Superman actually fights Nazis in The Justice League.
Calque is a wonderful thing. It's too bad that they don't borrow words from Chinese. Freezer would be ice box, hail would be ice thin, family would be house people, go to hell would be trip street, and who are you kidding would be... something involving a knee eating hot sauce...? o_O
I never understood that one but my parents use it when they know I'm lying... which is quite often. My mom usually says something about tricking to eat hot sauce while pointing to her knee... What? ._.
Ack! Silly Chinese colloquialisms! They're weird. D:
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