Why 干菜类 was mistakenly translated to Fuck Vegetables? In the following famous sign which appeared in some supermarket in China:



why 干菜类 was mistakenly translated to Fuck Vegetables instead of Dried Vegetables? Is there any hidden meaning in it?

Source:


Chinglish: Fuck Vegetables at Chinalert (a centralized collection of the best and worst about the Chinese)
In traditional Chinese, 乾 means "dry", 幹 means "to do", and has the slang meaning of "f**k". Both words are simplified to 干.