Vegetable English

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Vegetable English

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

See also[edit]

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