--- title: Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Chinese street description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 24 «Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / Words that hurt — what they mean, neve… # Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said The 15 questions of lesson 24 «Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school with their options, 86 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/t1/) — my mate says if u learn the rude words u can shout them back, fair's fair. right? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/t2/) — Lín's best friend grins "are you sick?" when Lín puts ketchup on rice. Is it a fight? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/t3/) — Without knowing a word, how can you tell an insult is happening? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/t4/) — A player in an online game types "go and die" to Lín. Lín says "it's just a game, it's a joke". Is it? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/t5/) — Your English friend wants to learn "the Chinese swear about mothers" to sound cool at Lín's house. What happens if he says it there? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/t6/) — At the aquarium Lín points and says "kuài kàn!" and the Mandarin word for a turtle. Is that an insult? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/t7/) — Lín's teacher hears a kid call someone "waste matter". The kid says "my dad says it to me". What's true? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/t8/) — In a cartoon a kid pulls his eyes "to look like" the Chinese hero. The audience laughs. What's wrong? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/t9/) — Lín says "lǎowài" about your English mum, smiling. Should you be furious? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/t10/) — Which phrase from this lesson can you safely use, and when? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/t11/) — What would happen if a child greeted nobody and talked over a granny at dinner? — right ✓ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/e1/) — Identify the course of conduct appropriate upon being addressed with a vulgar Mandarin injunction to depart. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/e2/) — It is given that the expression "méi jiàoyǎng" is applied to a child by an elder. Select the statement that accurately characterises its import. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "lǎowài"? — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/e4/) — Ascertain the appropriate response of a bystander to the mimicry of purported "Chinese" speech or the pulling of one's eyes directed at a classmate. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [23. Friendly teasing — when it's fun and when it sti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/23-friendly-teasing/) - next →: [25. Spring Festival — Chinese New Year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/25-spring-festival/) - ↑ back to [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/)