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Old February 7th, 2005, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by seadzz
Chinese buildings never have a 4th floor for a similar reason and you could not give away a home or cell phone number with four's in it. They save those numbers for foreigners. The number 4 in chinese soundsl like the word for death.
This is the same in Japanese. Both death and four are pronounced "shi"

And happy Spring Festival.
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