Why do the onomatopoeias describing the cry of frogs sound so different in Chinese and English? The words &quot;呱呱&quot; and &quot;ribbit&quot; are onomatopoeias that represent the sound of frogs, respectively in Chinese and English.
I hardly see any similarity between these two sounds. Why does the cry of the same animal sound so differently in Chinese and English?
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