The putting together of Chinese characters sounds similar; 'argument' being three 'women' characters under a 'roof' character is the one I remember. Sadly, though I've heard that one may express 'surprise' by putting 'horse' in 'doorway', further investigation didn't bear this out.
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Date: 2004-09-15 06:30 am (UTC)Sadly, though I've heard that one may express 'surprise' by putting 'horse' in 'doorway', further investigation didn't bear this out.