Clearly, to me, it means "a white (skinned) person, even if ugly, is three times better than an ugly darker person." Ick!
I've heard the Japanese are really into white skin. The skin lightening biz is HUGE in Asia as well as parts of Africa. I've seen some fair skinned Chinese. But I don't know if most are really fair skinned though or not.
Is this how the Chinese really think? Is this the correct interpretation of the proverb?
2007-02-10 15:00:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
yeeeah NO!
2007-02-10 15:08:41 · answer #1 · answered by kcyeahthat1 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2016-12-24 23:47:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Chinese is " 一白遮百丑" Literally it means if your skin is white, all physical unattractiveness can be covered. People in China like girls with white skin but this has nothing to do with any race issue. And recently tanned skin is also popular.
Mainly because the western world leads the fashion.
2007-02-12 21:18:28 · answer #3 · answered by nofj2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
one whiteness can substitute three physical unattractiveness.
that means white is ugly! if you can substitute 1white skin person for 3 physical unattractiveness is bad.
physical unattractiveness like bad breath, extra nipple, and crossed eyed. that is all physical unattraction.
it sounds like a racist joke about white people. you just misinterpreted.
ex:
no lips
pointy noise.............=equal.........1 white person
flat a**
having no lips, a flat a**, and pointy noise are all physical unattractions, and it equals a white person.
not to mention once you get over 150 pounds your body start to shape wide and ugly.
2007-02-17 18:46:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
thats such a good point. i was once watching this thing about how a lot of people in asia get surgeries on their eyelids so they look bigger like white people.. it's ridiculous! people put so much emphasis that white is the best race, and anything different is below that. people may have other opinions but read this article that was in fact written by a white woman, and tell me what you think afterwards.
http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:WsRQNV9U0sAJ:www.case.edu/president/aaction/UnpackingTheKnapsack.pdf+white+privilege+peggy&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=ca
2007-02-10 18:15:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have not heard this expression but my only guess is it has to do with the rice powder makeup (white), or perhaps that a wealthy woman would be inside and sheltered, not tanned from working in the fields as peasants would be doing.
2007-02-10 16:22:06 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer B 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Interesting article.
2007-02-11 10:14:57 · answer #7 · answered by princezzjin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like it means, "With enough foundation, anyone can be pretty."
2007-02-15 14:05:49 · answer #8 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but it is how Michael Jackson thinks.
2007-02-10 15:23:05 · answer #9 · answered by Crystal Blue Persuasion 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋