Question Explain the name please.

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    Dizaster Well-Known Member

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    Can anyone please explain to me the alias name MC chose for herself.
    Novel name: FROM SIDEKICK TO BIGSHOT
    Character name: Jian Yiling
    Alias / abbreviation: F.S
    Explanation given: Negative ten is Fu Shi in Chinese.

    Why did she choose negative ten, is there any significance?

    After she explains Dr. chen is rethinking of naming himself X1.
    WHY???
     
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    as a person who has not read this novel but has a tiny bit of knowledge in chinese, it might be a play on her name?
    jian sounds like the word for cut (also jian) which I guess can be interpreted as minus/negative
    yi ling sounds like 1 (yi) and 0 (ling) so 10... maybe.......

    idk this is just what i thought
     
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    Bad Storm no thought, head empty

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    Is she ugly or something? Urbandictionary said it's a way to describe extremely ugly people :blobrofl:
     
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    oof :blobjoy::blobjoy::blobrofl:
     
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    hard to trust it though since we're talking about a chinese slang haha
     
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    Nah.. she's kinda petite and cute. As per ML she looks like a little bunny
     
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    Lissi 『Queen of Lissidom』『Holy Chibi』『Western Birdy』『⚓』

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    :blob_plusone: I agree with this, her name seems like a homonym of -10, so it would explain her nickname quite well.

    Oh yeah, btw- following a similar line of logic, "chen" sounds like "multiply" in Chinese. Dr = 医 = yi = 1.

    In Chinese, Dr. Chen would've been pronounced as "Chen Yi" (the surname goes first and the title goes second) or "Multiply by 1" or "X1"
     
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