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A slightly silly joke courtesy of the March 2006 print issue of Youth Digest.
I’m not actually 100% sure a<\/em>bout \u5a01\u5ec9\u671f meaning “Williams”. This is most certainly a name, \u5a01\u5ec9 is most certainly “William”, and \u671f is most certainly the character “Qi”, however, these characters put together might be some kind of transliteration for a slightly different English surname, like Williamson or something. As usual, grappling with English \/ Chinese name transliteration is a pain.
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\u5a01\u5ec9\u671f – w\u0113i lián q\u012b – William Qi \/ Williams
\u58a8\u897f\u54e5 – mò x\u012b g\u0113 – Mexico
\u5947\u602a – qí guài – Strange
\u80e1\u5b50 – hú zi – Beard
\u9ed1\u9ee2\u9ee2 – h\u0113i q\u016b q\u016b – Black, dark black
\u597d\u5947 – hào qí – Curious<\/p>\n

\u5a01\u5ec9\u671f\u5148\u751f\u5230\u58a8\u897f\u54e5\u65c5\u884c\uff0c\u4e00\u5929\uff0c\u4ed6\u5728\u5927\u8857\u4e0a\u770b\u5230\u4e86\u4e00\u4e2a\u5947\u602a\u7684\u4eba\u3002 \u8be5\u4eba\u7684\u5934\u53d1\u957f\u7684\u96ea\u767d\uff0c\u800c\u80e1\u5b50\u5374\u9ed1\u9ee2\u9ee2\u7684\u3002 \u4ed6\u597d\u5947\u7684\u4e0a\u524d\u95ee\u9053\uff0c “\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u60a8\u7684\u5934\u53d1\u8fd9\u4e48\u767d\uff0c\u800c\u80e1\u5b50\u5374\u8fd9\u6837\u9ed1\u5462\uff1f”
\u90a3\u4eba\u56de\u7b54\uff0c“\u8fd9\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u5947\u602a\uff0c\u5934\u53d1\u6bd4\u80e1\u5b50\u5e74\u957f20\u5c81\uff0c\u80fd\u4e00\u6837\u5417\uff1f”<\/p>\n

Mr. Williams was traveling in Mexico. One day, he saw a very strange man on the street. This person’s hair was snow white, however his beard was black. He curiously went up and asked, “Why is your hair white, but your beard is black?”
The man answered, “What’s weird a<\/em>bout that? My hair is 20 years older than my beard, how could they be the same?”
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