Comments on: Guangdong Anti-Smoking Campaign Compares a Penis to a Gun https://thenanfang.com/guangdong-anti-smoking-campaign-compares-a-penis-to-a-gun/ Daily news and views from China. Fri, 09 Feb 2018 09:35:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 By: charlesliu https://thenanfang.com/guangdong-anti-smoking-campaign-compares-a-penis-to-a-gun/#comment-10126 Wed, 28 May 2014 03:22:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=24202#comment-10126 Pretty sure no ones uses the term “打手枪” to indicate the shooting of a handgun, otherwise no one would take the current crop of armed police patrol seriously, same as no one really uses the latter term to describe “shooting at planes” except as a gaming app.

Won’t dispute historic tradition of comparing one’s penis to a spear as well as the many glorious colorful idioms involved, and yet the association remains despite there being a ban on guns in China; despite guns not being a part of people’s lives in China barring CS zealots.

You’re basically saying comparing a penis to a gun is okay because it’s traditional.

PS Masturbation is immoral? Guess it’s much more ethical to have mistresses and use prostitutes — seeing as it’s a less pathetic life style.

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By: ilhamJan https://thenanfang.com/guangdong-anti-smoking-campaign-compares-a-penis-to-a-gun/#comment-10121 Tue, 27 May 2014 09:18:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=24202#comment-10121 打手枪(shooting pistol) and 打飞机(shooting at aircraft) is interchangeable in Chinese.

You are right pointing out that penis is traditionally likened to spear, as in 金枪不倒(golden spear that doesn’t bend?). The metaphor is passed down to guns as guns and spears shares the same word in Chinese.

Just as golden spear that doesn’t bend being metaphorical to a potent penis, the gun in the ad in question, is subliminal to a less potent one. Any Chinese, or people familiar with Chinese language, should be able to understand it. I personally like the ad quite a lot.

p.s. Doing sth wrong indicates lack of practice, which in this case implies a….should I say, less pathetic life style.

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By: charlesliu https://thenanfang.com/guangdong-anti-smoking-campaign-compares-a-penis-to-a-gun/#comment-10118 Tue, 27 May 2014 08:30:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=24202#comment-10118 Masturbation is not called “shooting pistol” in Chinese, but rather “shooting at aircraft”, a WWII metaphor because self-gratification has to do with fighting imperialism. Obviously.

It still doesn’t change the fact that the metaphor likens a penis to a gun (spear for non-gunpowder types), but then what else would you use to shoot at when trying to aim for the “flower vases” that are the metaphor for women.

As said in the propaganda for Viagra, “Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition”.

EDIT: Did I just correct someone on the word for masturbation? Maybe you’re doing it wrong.

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By: ilhamJan https://thenanfang.com/guangdong-anti-smoking-campaign-compares-a-penis-to-a-gun/#comment-10110 Mon, 26 May 2014 10:19:00 +0000 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/?p=24202#comment-10110 so don’t expect one with Chinese root understands Chinese culture. In Chinese, gun, especially steel gun, is like a slang to penis. Masturbation is called shooting pistol in Chinese. What is even more troubling than this under-researched article is the fact that I read it through…

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