Jokes on Chinese/English Learning A Western guy tried to impress his Taiwanese friend with his Chinese skill. He wanted to say to her "I miss you to death (我想死你了 "Wo xiang si ni le"!)". But instead, he said "I hope you die (我想你死 "Wo xiang ni si" )" because they sound quite similar in Chinese and hilariously he literally translated it in English into Chinese. lolllll Some English beginners in Taiwan mistake "I laughed so hard" for "很難笑 hen nan xiao", which literally means "it’s hard to laugh", i.e. it’s not funny at all. However it’s totally opposite. Ha! Ha!