Talking over IM to a friend from college and Google, who founded a startup in China. He's on a trip to the US, meeting with corporate partners. After discussing our respective work endeavours:
ac: good luck
ac: Add oil! (chinese phrase, meaning 'go for it')
niniane: thanks, you too
niniane: though it sounds like you don't need it
niniane: you are already on fire!
ac: yeah, it's called my burn rate
I'm looking forward to your massage health centre startup.
ReplyDeleteDon't add too much oil though, or you might wind up in Oil Panic (Nintendo proverb).
ReplyDeleteI always liked that Chinese phrase "Add oil!" as a cheer. But I wondered what the Chinese used before the invention of the combustion engine - "Feed the horse?"
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of oil are we talking about? Cooking oil or oil for an engine?
ReplyDeleteRC, The Netherlands
I think "Add gas" is more relevant to that chinese phrase than "add oil". gas == oil in chinese pronounciation
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