why the author use " As rare as a panda" as the pre-title of the paper.
“As rare as a panda”: How facial attractiveness, gender, and occupation affect interview callbacks at Chinese firms
This is the full title of a paper, which was published in International Journal of Manpower, emeraldinsight.com
To cite this document:
Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Lei Lei, (2015) "“As rare as a panda”: How facial attractiveness, gender, and occupation affect interview callbacks at Chinese firms", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 36 Issue: 1, pp.68-85, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-12-2014-0258
Permanent link to this document:
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-12-2014-0258
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Pandas are indigenous to China and they are endangered - they are rare. The author is drawing a parallel between the rate of call-backs and the scarcity of pandas. The implication is that less attractive people in China do not receive a call-back after interviewing.
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We don't know because we haven't read the paper.
The way that is punctuated, somewhere in the article there will be a quotation and someone will use the words "as rare as a panda." At that point in the article, the context around the quotation will explain what it means.
A native speaker would look at this and think "that's a funny sounding phrase. I really want to know what it means. I should read this journal article." Then they would read the article. That's why it was named that.
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Hi. I think it wants to tellyou that it becomes rare so much. .
Because as you know, pandas are endangered and they're going to be extinct.
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