Great Wall of China Sign: Pay Attention to the Safe!

Dublin Core

Title

Great Wall of China Sign: Pay Attention to the Safe!

Subject

Media-Poster; Languages
Chinglish

Description

Sign along the great wall reading "Pay Attention to the Safe" in English (Chinese: "Zhuyi Anquan"). A better translation would be "Please be careful". Badly translated signs are rampant in China, not to mention throughout Asia.

Source

Photo

Contributor

Eagan, Brendan
St. Olaf College

Rights

Materials may be used for educational, non-commercial purposes only.

Format

image/jpeg

Language

chi

Type

Still image

Identifier

soc000199

Coverage

China
China - People's Republic of China 1949 - present
2003-01
Great Wall of China
1100544

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

1024 w x 858 h, 300 ppi

Files

https://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net/9473/archive/files/27fead5ef7d4091d9ccb4cc35020f36e.jpg

Collection

Asian Takeout

Citation

“Great Wall of China Sign: Pay Attention to the Safe!,” ASIANetwork IDEAS Project, accessed October 4, 2023, https://www.ideasproject.org/items/show/1383.