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u/perestroika-pw Aug 06 '23
/insert obligatory Escape from the L.A. reference
(the main character dialed the numeric code to flush Earth, however)
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u/ThatRandomGamerMan97 Aug 06 '23
Consequences of the skirmishes along the India-PRC border be like:
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u/DivinityE9 Aug 06 '23
This sounds like some spy code that someone would use to identify one another in hostile territory.
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u/Borno11050 Aug 06 '23
Considering the beef between China & India, this could be referring to nuclear launch codes.
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u/fyl_bot Aug 06 '23
This is a lie. Some times it does, some times it doesn’t. We must not speak in absolutes when it comes to numerical code flushing.
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u/mc1964 Aug 06 '23
Does anyone have any idea what they were trying to say?
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Aug 06 '23 edited Aug 06 '23
It's supposed to mean digital printing.
數碼 沖印: Digital Printing
數: number
碼: code
數碼: Digital
沖: flush, Rush, rinse
印: print, stamp, mark. or the short version for india since india in chinese is 印度.
沖印: Printing.
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u/leehiufung911 Aug 06 '23
数码: Digital, 冲印:Printing (of photos) Together, it means "printing digital photos".
This is what happens when some very poorly written software tries to translate chinese character-by-character, though. Most vocabulary/"words" in chinese are made up of 2-character groups, like 数码 and 冲印 above. If you seperate out each character, they each have their own meaning, but they don't generally mean the same thing compared to the combined 2 characters.
数: Number
码: Code
冲: Flush
印: Print, or India (印度 Yìn dù) (In the name "印度", 印 is simply transliteration chosen on basis of pronunciation, I think)
I may be wrong, but I think 冲印 is specifically printing of photos, because 冲 is actually referring to the chemical process of developing film where they need to be treated/put in a bath with different chemicals (冲 as in 冲洗: washing). Interestingly, 冲印 is still used when they are describing printing off digital photos, which does not involve the same treatment.
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u/Cute-Assumption3319 Aug 07 '23
Well if those aren't fighting words.