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What does Goubuli mean?| 狗不理

Tiān jīn de “gǒu bù lǐ ”bāo zǐ diàn yǐ jīng yǒu yī bǎi duō nián de lì shǐ le 。

天津的“狗不理”包子店已经有一百多年的历史了。

 

Chuán shuō ,diàn zhǔ jiāo gāo guì yǒu ,xiǎo míng jiào “gǒu zǐ ”。gǒu zǐ zuò de bāo zǐ yòu hǎo chī yòu hǎo kàn ,hái hěn pián yi 。

传说,店主教高贵友,小名叫“狗子”。狗子做的包子又好吃又好看,还很便宜。

 

Diàn lǐ de gù kè tài duō le ,tā máng jí le ,zhī hǎo ràng gù kè bǎ qián fàng zài zhuō zǐ shàng ,tā gēn jù qián shù shù gěi bāo zǐ 。

店里的顾客太多了,他忙极了,只好让顾客把钱放在桌子上,他根据钱数数给包子。

 

Yīn wèi tài máng ,tā méi shí jiān gēn gù kè shuō huà ,rén men jiù kāi wán xiào shuō :“gǒu zǐ mài bāo zǐ ,shuí dōu bù lǐ 。”

因为太忙,他没时间跟顾客说话,人们就开玩笑说:“狗子卖包子,谁都不理。”

 

Hòu lái ,tā jiā de bāo zǐ jiù bèi jiào zuò “gǒu bù lǐ ”le 。

后来,他家的包子就被叫做“狗不理”了。

 

 

Go Believe,or Goubuli(literally” dog ignores”), is an over 100-year-old brand store steamed stuffed buns in Tianjin, China.

It is said that Gao Guiyou, the original owner of the shop, was nicknamed “Gouzi”(literally”dog”). The steamed stuffed buns made by Gouzi were both delicious and nice-looking, and Gouzi sold them at a fairly low price.

Having too many customers in the shop, Gouzi had to ask them to put money on the table so he could serve them buns according to the amount of money they gave.

Gouzi was too busy to talk with his customers, so they made a joke about it, saying “Gouzi speaks to nobody, He is always busy selling his buns.” After that, Gouzi’s steamed stuffed buns have been clled “Goubuli”.

 

Words:

传说      chuán shuō   it is said, they say

小名     xiǎo míng    pet name(for a child),childhood name

顾客     gù kè   customer,client

只好    zhǐ hǎo   cannot but,have to

开玩笑  kāi wán xiào  to joke, to make fun of, to be kidding

叫做    jiào zuò    to be called

钱数    qián shù  amount of money

 


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