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How to say ecstasy (the drug!!) in Chinese: 摇头丸

Posted by Jonah Lopin on Sat, Apr 25, 2009 @ 07:19 PM
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In Mandarin, the drug ecstasy is called 摇 [yao2=shake] 头 [tou2=head] 丸 [wan2=pill].

It's because of the popularized, stereotypical situation in which people take ecstasy and then dance crazy to techno music. At least a couple people China definitely think that if you take 摇头丸 you will begin spontaneously shaking your head and won't be able to stop!!

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Thanks for the "heads" up with this post. Although I have no plans of buying ecstacy from anyone in China.
Posted @ Monday, April 27, 2009 1:12 PM by Dan Abdinoor
how to say open credit, open debit or unapplied cash in Chinese mandarin.
Posted @ Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:16 AM by varun
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