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Native speakers: Could you get "no zuo no die"?

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oristarA
 
Reply Sun 20 Apr, 2014 10:09 am

no zuo no die
This phrase is of Chinglish origin. Means if you don't do stupid things, they won't come back and bite you in the ass. (But if you do, they most certainly will.) Zuo /zwo/ is a Chinese character meaning 'act silly or daring (for attention)'
A: Some dude baked cookies shaped like iPhone, held it by the mouth when driving, tried to mess with traffic cops.
B: Did he pull it off?
A: Cop was pissed and ran his name through the system. Turns out he's got speed tickets unpaid!
B: No zuo no die.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=no+zuo+no+die
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 21 Apr, 2014 01:56 pm
@oristarA,

Not without your explanation.
ossobuco
 
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Reply Mon 21 Apr, 2014 02:03 pm
@oristarA,
Not without your explanation, but now that I've seen it and sounded it out to myself, I like it - even like it a lot.
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chai2
 
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Reply Mon 21 Apr, 2014 03:07 pm
@McTag,
Agreeing.

#1 no idea what zuo meant

#2 no one died.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 03:01 am
@oristarA,
I can't think of a phrase that directly correlates, the closest I can think is that the character in your analogy was "asking for it."
contrex
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 12:46 pm
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:
no zuo no die

If only Bob Marley had lived, he could probably have written a tune that would fit that...
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oristarA
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 08:05 pm
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:

I can't think of a phrase that directly correlates, the closest I can think is that the character in your analogy was "asking for it."


As you asked for it, you have to face the music now?
Too long though.
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chai2
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 08:22 pm
You play, you pay.
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Joe Nation
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 09:20 pm
"Don't ask for trouble."

Joe(you'll get some)Nation
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