No Way! Way! Yes Way!

March 18, 2008

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For this installment of my favorite words and phrases, I felt like I’d keep it short and super-sweet. But then I thought, NO WAY! I should drag this one out like crazy. And that exactly is the phrase that I am presenting to you. It is “mei men” and it works like no way in that passage above. The literal translation is “no doors” and if you consider it very deeply, it makes some sense. Because it also means “impossible” as in there are no doors that will lead you to that.

Some awesome examples:
Rebecca: “Can you teach an extra class?”
Me: “Mei men.”

Steven: “Do you want to go to the gym?”
Me: “Mei men.”

Me: “Do you want to go on a date?”
Chinese girls: “Mei men.”