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My name is Siyu and I'm the creator of Tiny Eyes Comics, a webcomic series that shares Chinese culture through slices of everyday life.

A year ago, I published two collections of my comics on the differences between Chinese and Western culture (you can find it here and here on Bored Panda). For this post, I'm putting together a collection of my latest comics that touch upon Chinese family life from education to superstition, from mom to grandma.

You can find more of my comics by clicking on the link to my Instagram below. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite!

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#5

Lucky Number "6"

Lucky Number "6"

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Matthew White
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

hahaha 666 is a chinese lucky number but we americans think its cursed

Помаже Бог
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

... 'we americans'!? Shouts the rest of the world, which counts Christians everywhere

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toybox
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In japanese 666 is pronounced ろくろくろく which correlates to things “going smoothly”

Pseudo Puppy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ie All superstitions are nonsense / it's all in your head. haha. ;)

D. Pitbull
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same with 13... ugh... in my teens people thought I was trying to be all **cringe** edgy and cool and whatever by liking the number 13... Nooooo.... it's... actually... a lucky... number...

Matthew White
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OOOH no this month of december is friday the 13th OOh "makes ghost moans" aah,13 is my lucky number so cant say anything really negative about it gonna watch black christmas yay

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mntryjoseph
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The reason 666 is considered the "mark of the beast" is this. Man was created on the 6th day, putting that number 3 times (3 = the Trinity), is considered the anti-Christ. 7 is a Godly number as God rested the 7th day, blessed it and made it Holy. The 7th day, the Sabbath, = the "Seal of God."

Cindy Crowell
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Plot twist: it turns out that 666 was not a reference to "Satan" (who wasn't yet solidified as a concept at that time), but a coded reference to the Roman emperor Nero, who was persecuting Christians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast#Nero

Wei Hen Angus Tan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

in chinese we have an idiom called liu liu da shun which mean things will be going smoothly, especially money

Dahui Sha
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I grew up with 8 being the lucky number, due to it rhyming or connected to getting rich

kAiTLyN
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

4 is the chinese unlucky number! i live in hong kong and because people think its bad luck, we dont even have a number 4 apartmant building. we have numbers from 1 - 33A instead of 34, its 33A and so on for every 4 up to 33

Jacki Jacks
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really.... That's something new I learned today about the Chinese 🤔

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#9

Panda

Panda

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Night Owl
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's panda diplomacy and it's thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda_diplomacy

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#18

Getting Married

Getting Married

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Adam Guillemette
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I support this. If you can't afford a roof over your head, you're in no position to be proposing marriage. The way it looks, you're putting the responsibility of that roof on your partner, and that's not cool. Key note, when I say afford, I don't inherently mean own. I rented a room in a house for years before moving in my with my wife, but the point was that I paid for my own shelter. If I couldn't afford that much, I would never have asked her to marry me. My wellbeing should *never* be her responsibility.

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#19

Bargain Queen

Bargain Queen

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WangYuchi
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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After that, the shop next-door will start the offer at 80.

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#20

Chinese Name

Chinese Name

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Magpie
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It will come back to you with a little practise. Immense respect for people who speak more than one language.

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#22

Move Out, Move In

Move Out, Move In

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rhyan lumilay
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well we Filipinos are more often be with our parents until we get married and sometimes even if we are we still doesn't move out because we can't leave our parents behind.

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#24

Fish Heads

Fish Heads

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Grapeling
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I believed her for years before discovering that she was leaving the best parts for me. Cri ;w;

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#25

Eat More = Love

Eat More = Love

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Grapeling
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Too real!!! I don't think my grandma realizes that I spend 90% of the time sitting down so I can't really use all that food

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#31

Tobacco Packaging

Tobacco Packaging

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Pseudo Puppy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the US, not so long ago, smoking was promoted to pregnant women to help them "relax", and kids were marketed to with candy (fake) cigarettes..... It's simply 2 different eras in marketing, in 2 different countries, with 2 different goals in mind. One is to make money off of cigarettes, the other is to not have the health care system pay for the repercussions of smoking cigarettes.

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#32

Baby Tooth

Baby Tooth

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Elina Kuusisto
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is there a reason for throwing it out the window? In my culture a tooth is put under the pillow for the tooth fairy to come and take in exchange for money or a trinket. Would be interesting to know about any others, too!

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#33

Surname

Surname

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Incognito
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

and when you see a stranger who's a young woman, you call her aunty. a stranger who's a young man is addressed as uncle, and so on and so forth.

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#34

Eat Fruits

Eat Fruits

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