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Vegetable English

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English

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Etymology

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Pun on Tsai's name in Mandarin 蔡英文 (Cài Yīngwén), which is homophonous to 菜 (cài, “vegetable”) + 英文 (Yīngwén, “English”).

Proper noun

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Vegetable English

  1. (Taiwan, humorous) Nickname for Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician.

See also

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