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Culture Insider: Taboos in gift-giving

( 皇冠体育appculture.org ) Updated: 2015-02-02 07:00:00

5. No shoes for non-family members

Culture Insider: Taboos in gift-giving

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Shoe, pronounced "Xie", is a homonym for "evil" in mandarin, is considered an unlucky item to give as a gift. If the shoes you give are smaller than the wearer's feet size, it means "give someone tight shoes to wear", which bears the meaning of "make things hard for somebody".

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