Vocabulary of the day: 喝茶 hē chá - to drink tea - a euphemism for being "invited" by the police for questioning/interrogation

Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%96%9D%E8%8C%B6

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iatenine@piefed.social · 3 pts · 233d (1 reply)

Why is the simplified character (barely) more detailed than traditional? 

DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 233d

I mean there isn't much to simplify until it would look too different and unrecognizable.

Fun fact: the PRC government tried to do a second round of simplification, but it didn't go through because the characters became too ugly.

I looked at some of the 2nd-simplified characters and it looked so weird, started to look partially like it got japanese kana mixed in lol