Fred0 Posted March 24, 2017 at 02:22 PM Report Posted March 24, 2017 at 02:22 PM "宋妈正在跟一个老婆子换洋火,..." Song Ma was exchanging matches with an old woman,... I take this to be a euphemism for somethiing like "gossiping" or "hanging around with." 对不对？ Quote
Publius Posted March 24, 2017 at 02:25 PM Report Posted March 24, 2017 at 02:25 PM No. It means bartering for matches. Quite common a practice at the time. https://books.google.ae/books?id=ZVT1DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT179&lpg=PT179&dq=換洋火&source=bl&ots=wi3_bc5xx-&sig=2NamtE_e5bOZ3JtnIzpohRepID0&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=換洋火&f=false 3 Quote
Fred0 Posted March 24, 2017 at 02:32 PM Author Report Posted March 24, 2017 at 02:32 PM OK. Thanks. Quote
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