中国人和美国人之间的误解


What are the biggest ways that Americans and Chinese misunderstand each other?

美国人和中国人互相之间最深的误解是什么？

获得19好评的答案@Irene Colthurst

Chinese don't understand the internallogic of Americanindividuality, and Americans don't understand the internal logic of Chinesecollectivity.

中国人不懂美国人个人主义的内在逻辑，美国人也不懂中国人集体主义的内在逻辑。

获得9好评的答案@Wendy Ren

Americans misunderstandings about China

美国人对中国的误解

All Chinese eat dog / Chinese people eat everything. I am a Chinese, I am a vegetarian too.

所有的中国人都吃狗/中国人什么都吃。我是个中国人，但我也是个素食主义者。

All Chinese person are good at Math. As far as I know, the most hated thing is higher mathematics of the Chinese college students. I am so happy I don't need to learning higher mathematics.

每个中国人都很擅长数学。就我所知，中国大学生最讨厌的东西就是高等数学了，我非常开心不用去学高数。

All Chinese are near-sighted. I can only say that most of the young people in China are myopic, but not everyone myopia. It's tooexaggeration.

中国人都是近视眼。我只能这样说，中国大部分年轻人都是近视，但并不是每个人都这样。这也太夸张了。

Chinese misunderstandings about Americans

中国人对美国人的误解

All Americans are party animals. Because the Chinese are introverted, ordinary Americans are super open in Chinese eyes.

美国人都是派对动物。因为中国人比较内向，所以在他们看来，普通的美国人都很开放。

The USA is the most developed country. Just went to US, then you will have a happy and rich life.The truth is, you can have a good life only by working hard, no matter which country you are in.

美国是最发达的国家，只要去美国，你就能得到愉快富足的生活。然而真相是，不管你在哪个国家，你都只能通过努力工作来得到好生活。

Everyone have gun in American. You could be robbed or shot at anytime in US. If you let an American angry, he/she will take AK-47 shot you. Please don't hit me with gun! Even you want to hit me, please don't hit my face.

在美国，每个人都有枪；在美国，你随时都有可能被抢劫或被枪击中，如果你惹一个美国人生气了，他或她会提着一把AK-47朝你射击。请不要用枪打我！就算你想打我，也请别打我的脸。
(转自沪江英语）