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\"TangWhile discussing the difference between airships and zeppelins with some King’s Empire colleagues this morning, a new phrase that I hadn’t seen before emerged:\u00a0??.<\/p>\n

The two characters are\u00a0? (t?ng, to recline<\/em>) and ? (qi?ng, gun<\/em>). In combination, this phrase means to be shot and killed while in a reclined position – which means to be innocently struck by surprise.<\/p>\n

This came about when some colleagues noticed that a new unit in King’s Empire, the\u00a0?? (f?i t?ng, flying boat<\/em>) was named Zeppelin rather than Airship. Unusually, it wasn’t me who translated the name of this unit, so the question publicly posed to me was: “Why would you name the\u00a0?? a Zeppelin? Is that the best word?”<\/p>\n

The answer is, I did not, and Airship is more appropriate. To which another colleague replied: “Brother Charlie was\u00a0??’d (??????,\u00a0ch\u00e1 g? ch\u00e9ng g?ng t?ng qi?ng<\/em>), or innocently targeted.<\/p>\n

When I asked what the phrase meant, this is how it was explained to me:\u00a0??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????\u201c???????????”??? ??????!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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