One of the things I do in my class is pretty standard; hold up a flash card with the Chinese word for something, then ask a student to give me the English word. Fairly simple, right? So I hold up the flash card for 海滩, which is 'beach'.
Me: What does this say in English?
Student: I know!!
Me: Yes?
Student: 'Asscrack.'
Me: ...
Student: Ass-crack.
Me: What.
Student: Ass. Crack.
Me: What.
Chinese teacher: *explains something to the student in hasty Chinese*
Student: Oh. Beach. 海滩 means 'beach'.
Me: ....yes, good job.
Desk, meet forehead.
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