#Chinese adoption of the metric system:

Traditional units were standardized to make them fit well with the metric system:
• 斤 (jīn) “Chinese pound” was standardized to 0.5 kilograms.
• 尺 (chǐ) “Chinese foot” was standardized to ⅓ meter.

There are metric (公) and traditional “market” (市) versions of units:
• 公斤 (gōngjīn) kilogram vs. (市)斤 (shìjīn) traditional jin
• 公里 (gōnglǐ) kilometer vs. (市)里 (shìlǐ) traditional li

Meter and gram exist, too:
• 千克 (qiānkè): kilogram
• 千米 (qiānmǐ): kilometer

RE: https://mastodon.social/@simevidas/116629819418433403

“The name ‘kiwifruit’ was coined by Jack Turner of Turners & Growers, referencing kiwi, an informal name used to describe New Zealanders”

I always thought it was the other way around: That New Zealanders were named after the fruit.

Expression that works in #English and #Chinese, but not in #German:

• Chinese: 胆 (dǎn) means “gallbladder” or “courage; bravery; nerve”
• English: to have the gall to do something
• German: the German word for gall is “Galle”, but it can’t be used this way.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/膽#Chinese