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[Portugal & grapes: 葡萄牙 pútáoyá / pwutaurya & 葡萄 pútao / pwu.taur, GR Tonal Spelling (Gwoyeu Romatzyh)] 蒲陶, the Chinese word for grape, is attested over 2100 years ago in Records of the Grand Historian 《史記大宛列傳》西元前138年 (138 BCE) 「大宛在匈奴西南，在漢正西，去漢可萬里。其俗土著，耕田，田稻麥，蒲陶酒。 有蒲陶酒。」 Dàyuān zài Xiōngnú xīnán, zài Hàn zhèng xī, qù Hàn kě wàn lǐ. Qí sú tǔzhù, gēng tián, tián dào … Read more
In early 21st century, there was a cartoon TV series named Big head son and small head dad. The TV show translated into Chinese is 大头儿子小头爸爸, very hot at that time. One set of the cartoons showed that, uncle wang, a big head body too, pick the big head son up, and big head son said “Hello … Read more
History* provides three reasons. Jesuit priests were the first to introduce the history of Rome and the Roman Catholic church to China, so the word 羅馬 (written 羅瑪) was probably introduced by Matteo Ricci and his Jesuit colleagues: Matteo Ricci – Wikipedia (1) Latin/Italian Pronunciation: Standard Mandarin’s r- and -ou sound quite different from the Italian or Latin forms of r- or -o (to put … Read more