How do the Chinese see the British People?

中国人眼中的英国人
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How do the Chinese see the British People?[CN]

中国人眼里的英国人是怎样的呢?

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Yiwei Lu

Sense of Humor: [CN]

富有幽默感

Irony Self-mockery (do no harm on other people, very graceful)[CN]

自嘲自讽(不伤害他人,非常优雅)

Weather:[CN]

天气

Mild and dismal,changeable,rainy,chilly, days with sunshine deserve celebration.[CN]

温和,阴沉,多变,多雨,寒冷。出太阳的日子值得庆祝(意指没什么晴天)。

Way of talking: [CN]

谈话方式

Reserved,twisted.[CN]

保守,委婉

Personality: [CN]

个性

Brit people may not be very straightforward. But I do believe in what they say, because they are humble, sincere and reliable.[CN]

英国人不是很直接。但他们说的话我信得过,他们很谦逊、真诚、可靠。

Music:[CN]

音乐

99% Brit love Rock&Roll. The rest 1% have no interest in music at all.[CN]

99%的英国人喜欢摇滚乐。剩下1%对音乐毫无兴趣。

Sports:[CN]

体育

Football,rugby.[CN]

足球,橄榄球

Food:[CN]

食物

Marked by "Fish and chips". Potatoes are widely popular in daily cooking.[CN]

标志为:炸鱼和土豆片。日常烹饪中,土豆广受欢迎流行。

Drink:[CN]

饮料

A cup of black tea always soothes a Brit.[CN]

一杯红茶可以抚慰英国人心灵

Self-identity:[CN]

自我认同感

People of Scotland, Wales, North-Ireland and England have different traditional cultures and their own sense of identity.[CN]

苏格兰人,威尔士人,北爱尔兰人和英格兰人有不同的传统文化和各自的认同感。

Accent: [CN]

口音

Charming! I'll be enchanted by his elegant,self-restrained accent when talking to a British guy.[CN]

魅力十足!跟英国人交谈时,深深为他那优雅、自我克制的口音着迷。

(Accually i'd never been in UK or got a chance to talk to a Britain guy... /sad)[CN]

(实际上我就没去过英国,也没机会跟英国人交谈过…/悲哀啊)

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Cassie Zhong

1. Beautiful English Accent[CN]

优美的英语口音。

2.They have a mysterious royal family[CN]

他们拥有一个神秘的王室家族。

3.Elegant ladies & gentle men[CN]

女士高雅,男士绅士

4.British people love Dark Cooking (黑暗料理)[CN]

对黑暗料理情有独钟

(Oh my God!!!)Their best food is Fish and Chips. LOL[CN]

哦,天啊!他们最好的食物是炸鱼和土豆片。笑翻了。

5.We usually call UK as ‘腐国’, which means ‘Gay Britain'[CN]

我们常把英国成为“腐国”,也就是“搞基之国”。

6.British people have great sense of Black Humor [CN]

英国人很有黑色幽默感

Anyway, I love British people ; )*If I said something wrong or you think they are just stereotype, please tell me![CN]

总的来说,很喜欢英国人。如果我说的有错,还是说我以偏概全了,请告诉我。

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Lily Han

    Personally,I like British people and I admire their culture. I like their weather,red bus,universities and their books. I think BBC is the greatest media in the world and British literature is amazing.I think British people are serious,but they do have their own sense of humor. When I get it,I love it. Besides,I like British man,they are handsome!By the way,I like their long face.Accent,of course!One of the sexiest accents in the world.(Scottish is one of them,too. )[CN]

    个人比较喜欢英国人,崇尚他们的文化。喜欢他们的天气,红巴士,大学和书籍。我认为英国广播公司是世上最好的媒介,英国文学也让人惊叹不已。我觉得英国人很严肃,但他们有自己独特的幽默感。当我听懂了他们的幽默,我就喜欢上了他们这种幽默感。另外,我喜欢英国人,他们长得很帅!还有,我喜欢他们的长脸。英语口音,那是必须喜欢滴。世上最性感的口音之一。(苏格兰口音也是其一啊)

    The Great Britain changed the world. Britain invaded many countries including China. Britain forced China to trade with her in an unfair way and robbed much silver from China,making this old country poorer and making people of her miserable. However,our historians admit that Britain accelerated China's civilization progress. After several wars with The Great Britain,America and Japan,Chinese people stopped dreaming and started learning from the west.[CN]

    大不列颠改变了世界。英国侵略了包括中国在内的很多国家。英国强迫中国与其进行不公平交易,从中国掠夺了很多白银,使得这个古国更穷,人民更加悲惨。但是,我们的历史学家承认,英国促进了中国的文明进程。继和大不列颠、美国、日本干过几仗之后,中国人如梦初醒,开始向西方学习。

    People talk a lot about HK and Britain these days.For me,I can understand why some HK people would rather HK go back to Britain.They have good reasons.However,when HK ruled by Britain,it didn't get democracy.After coming back to China,it got democracy step by step,though there is a lot to do in the future.I think it's good thing to fight for more freedom and democracy.And there is a great chance that HK can be a model of democratic construction of mainland China.But it's not good to deny history and idealize Britain era.[CN]

    这些天人们更多的在谈英国和香港。就我而言,我能够理解为什么一些香港人想回归英国统治。他们有很好的理由。但是英国统治时,香港也没有获得民主。回归中国后,香港才逐渐获得民主的,尽管民主之路依旧长路漫漫。我认为,争取更多的民主和自由是件好事。而且很有可能,香港会成为中国大陆民主建设的典范。但否认历史,神话英国统治时期就不可取了。

    Finally,I think Uncle Sam is ego,while British people know how to compromise and win-win thing. They are not extreme.[CN]

    最后,我认为山姆大叔很自大,而英国人知道如何妥协,达到双赢。他们不走极端。

    I hope that someday I can travel to England or Scotland,I'd like to walk in rain,catch a bus,have a cup of coffee and visit Oxford.I think I had better save money from now since everything is expensive there.But if the exchange rate get lower,I will benefit from it.[CN]

    我希望有一天能去英国或苏格兰旅游,我想在雨中漫步,赶公车,喝杯咖啡,参观一下牛津大学。我想我现在起就得储钱了,因为那边什么都贵。但如果汇率降低的话,我就可以从中获利啦。

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Anna Yao

Once talk about British people, the first image in my mind is "elegant" - Although I have never been to British, it may link to my experience in video games or literature. Well, my other impressions about British people is...1.Afternoon Tea, including various cakes and teas which names are extremely difficult to remember.2.Sherlock Holmes : ) e.g."Oh gosh he looks like a detective!COOL!"3.Real "ladies and gentlemen".(this point is familiar to "elegant" however...)[CN]

说到英国人,脑海首先浮现的是“优雅” – 尽管我从未去过英国,可能是我打游戏和学文学得来的吧。嗯,我对其他英国人的印象还有:1. 下午茶,包括各种各样的蛋糕啦,茶啦(名字太难记了)2. 夏洛克·福尔摩斯神探 比如:哦,天呐噜,他看起来真像个侦探!酷毙了!3. 真的是“淑女们,绅士们”(这点跟“优雅”有点重复,但…)

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Henry Lu

I like Brits. Not least because of their great contributions like http://sickipedia.org; but they demonstrated valor, integrity and resilience more than others throughout the peaks and troughs of her history. Of course, Briton pillaged China during the 19th century through the Opium wars. But it is not fair to judge history with present day's standards. To be honest, any country could've pillaged China at that time given how terrible a shape she was in.If we compare amongst the colonial powers of that time, Briton's ex-dominions (USA, Canada, Aus, NZ, HK) seemed to fare quite well relative to other new world countries under France, Spain etc. Some people say the Brits are too proud, I think they quite earned it: afterall they didn't bow down to the Fuhrer, unlike, umm, the other proud country.[CN]

我喜欢英国人,不仅仅因为他们做出的奉献跟http://sickipedia.org说的一样伟大,还因为他们比其他人更英勇、讲诚信、有韧性,纵观英国历史凡凡总总。当然了,英国19世纪通过鸦片战争抢掠了中国。但用今天的标准来衡量历史是不可取的。实话说了吧,中国当时那个熊样,那个国家都可能进行抢掠。再比较一下当时的殖民大国,英国之前的辖国(美国,加拿大,澳洲,新西兰,香港)和法国、西班牙统治下的其他新世界国家,关系处得都相当不错。有人说英国人太骄傲了,我认为是他们挣来的:毕竟他们没有向希特勒俯首称臣,不像,嗯,其他骄傲的国家。

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Clara Cao

Graceful accent. Everyone seems to graduate from Cambridge or Oxford: Steven Fry, TomHiddleston, Hugh Laurie, etc.Lots of old, historical, remarkable colleges. The first and best TV channel in the world with incredibly high quality and nothing commercial. Horrible food. Some seems nice but most of them looks noway ediable.Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Sherlock Holmes.. You live in a literatural heavenland!!Complicated relationship with Americans.More complicated relationship with French guys.Nothing is more complicated than what between England and Scotland.Humour, in a different way. Kind of like that!"Do you need a soup, sir Cameron?"Everyone loves queen Elizabeth II. (Yeah, I like her, too.)Free, respectful and tolerant. Tea, gardening work.. Brits enjoy their life so well!Talks about Doctor Who... Do you guys really see aliens all the time??Dull in a cute way, thus adorable.[CN]

优雅的口音.好像人人都是从剑桥或牛津毕业的一样:Steven Fry, TomHiddleston, Hugh Laurie等等…很多古老的、历史悠久的、卓越非凡的大学。世上第一个以及最好的电视频道,质量高到没谱,还没有广告穿插。吃的很差。很多看起来不错,但大多数看起来就不能吃。

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Yijia Ding

Generally, if you say you are a British, Chinese don't feel bad about it. But when it comes to a specific person, it differs of course. If we think British as general and vague conception, we may say, they are gentle, they love music and art, they have a special way to be humorous, etc. Another fact I believe only Chinese could understand with a smile is that, we call The Great Bratain "腐国"(a cute expression of saying this country has many gays:)). Because Braitain makes a lot of excellent movies and TV series which contain much passion between males!lol[CN]

一般说来,你说自己是英国人,中国人觉得都不差。如果特定到个人的话,当然了,观点就五花八门了。如果从总体宏观层面看,我们会说,英国人很绅士,喜爱音乐艺术,有独特的幽默方式等等。还有一点就是,应该只有中国人听到这词就会微微一笑,秒懂。那就是我们把英国称作“腐国“(一种很逗的表达,说这个国家基佬很多)因为啊,英国拍了很多优秀的电影和电视剧,内含很多男人之间的“基情”。

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Zhong Zhao

1. You guys are really lucky, you have a Queen.2. Gentlemen everywhere.3. Taxis in London, unique appearance.4. David Cameron and George Osborne, really handsome MPs.5. James Bond, don't ask me why.6. Many oldest universities in the world.7. Stubborn but kind-hearted, maybe I have seen too much Britain TV serials.8. You guys really like fish and chips that much? 9. Driving on the left of the road, a lit bit weird.10. Why it takes so long to release the fourth season of Sherlock, couldn't wait to see the first episode. Would you just please speed up?11. Can't think of something else to complement my answer, maybe having some chips at this point. Nice choice![CN]

1. 你们真的很幸运,有女皇在上。2. 绅士到处都是。 3. 伦敦的士,百年难视。4. David Cameron 和 George Osborne这两个政治明星,帅的不要不要的。5. James Bond, 这个还要说吗?6. 拥有很多世界古老名校。7. 很固执却又热心肠,我肯定是看太多英剧了。8. 你们这些家伙真有那么喜欢吃炸鱼和土豆片? 9. 开车往左边行驶。有点怪怪的。10. 夏洛特神探更新个第四季咋就那么慢涅?都等不及想看第一集了。给点速度好吗?11. 想不到其他的来补充我的答案了,说到这我就吃些薯条吧,这主意不错。

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Vincent Bi
It is difficult to answer due to the fact that 'Chinese' is just as obscure concept as 'British'...with 1.3b people you can have loads of different opinion groups whose idea about the British could differ from earth to heaven.

Generally Chinese don't have a clear concept about the British, probably due to its remoteness. Some of them don't even know the difference between Scotland and England--were it not the referendum. A general concept is that the British are elegant, reserved, well-educated, love their potatoes and tea, and have a queen.

With insufficient knowledge it is difficult to say whether they can have a justifiable feeling about the British people. In addition, Chinese who are studying, working, and living in the UK would have different feelings about its people. This is not only because of the fact that they probably know more about them, from their daily life and observation, but also due to the assimilation they are exposed to in this country with its culture. Some Chinese may deny the existence of such exposure and the consequent assimilation, but it does exist--in different ways.

Personally, I work with a lot of British colleagues who belong to a great deal of different ethnical groups and age groups, and my general feeling is that they are reasonable (which is VERY IMPORTANT!), reserved though straightforward, and respectful to others' ideas. I am an interpreter myself so sometimes I have to deal with cultural gap between Chinese and British clients--I have to say the quality of being reasonable served my job well.
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Selina T. Johnson
1. Disgusting Opium Wars. At that time, British was just interest oriented without even lowest morality on international affairs. And they didn't applogize until now.
2. Newton, Watt, Faraday and many many famous scientists. They and some other scientists from France, German and America created a new age for the whole human kind.
3. Strange sense of humor. It seems that British people enjoy such a kind of experience as speaking high-rated joke---at least they believe so themselves---with a poker face.
4. Once ruler or we can say, a main game player of the earth. And its poor rule resulted in two disastrous world wars, and the collapse of its rule itself.
5. Of course, English, the language we love and we hate.
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