Clowns have breasts but no milk

by Jennifer Ball

Meaning: Characteristics:

foolish crinkly eyes, funny face laugh crinkly eyes, open mouth
= stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy

ben4 xiao4 ku4

cry open eyes, teardrop, open mouth

= laugh, smile

= to cry, to weep

Can you see the relationship of the above words? They are a kind of face.

ben3

= roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)

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The cause of laughter is generally foolishness (note that the ben3 character at the root of ben4). From years of doing theater, I have discovered that the underpinnings of comedy are people falling down and men in womens clothing: both of these describe young children. Children were the worlds first clowns. This can be seen in Chinese:

chou3

= clown

niu1

= little girl

mu3

= mother

Structurally, these three characters resemble each other. They seem to represent breasts (this is acknowledged by the experts in the case of mu3 mother, and one can perceive dots of fluid inside the shapes representing breasts for the word mother). Just like a man in womans clothing is funny, a man with breasts and no milk in them is a clown, and this is clear by comparing the three similar characters:

(no milk) (no milk) (milk)

Note that female + clown = little girlthis is because only a little girl would have breasts and no fluid. Anyone else with breasts and no fluid is a clown. At least according to written Chinese.
Chinese characters and definitions from: http://ctext.org/dictionary http://www.mandarintools.com/
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