Comments on: Naming the CCTV Tower (or Why "Big Underpants" is Better Than "Hemorrhoids")

By: More on That Fire :: The China Blog - TIME.com

More on That Fire :: The China Blog - TIME.com — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:32:54 +0000

[...] and propaganda, one of our commenters left this comment about the blaze (reminder: as Austin has noted, the adjacent CCTV Tower, part of the same complex and designed by the renowned Rem Koolhaas is [...]

By: The China Blog - TIME.com » Blog Archive In Rural China, Racy Parties for the Dead «

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:52:21 +0000

[...] prudes at state-run China Central Television have investigated the topic and concluded that funerals [...]

By: Globespotters » Travel Blog » International Herald Tribune » Blog Archive » Beijing’s New Architecture: Big Underpants(?) Under Winter Skies

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:24:31 +0000

[...] in his recent book ‘The City of Heavenly Tranquility’. Beijing’s cynical wags have recently nicknamed the CCTV tower ‘big underpants’ (da kucha) because that’s what they think it looks like, and China’s Internet users have enjoyed [...]

By: conscienceinchina

conscienceinchina — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:19:18 +0000

I agree with mingming2's correction that the nickname should be translated as "big shorts(大裤衩)". Anyway, you did a great job, Austin Ramzy! You deserve a "China-conversance".

By: The China Blog - TIME.com » Blog Archive Big Underpants Illustrated «

The China Blog - TIME.com » Blog Archive Big Underpants Illustrated « — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:35:32 +0000

[...] with a man engaged in the same necessary activity, albeit with the aid of Western toilet. As we wrote earlier, the revolutionary building has been nicknamed "big underpants." The state broadcaster is [...]

By: The China Blog - TIME.com » Blog Archive Big Underpants, The Song «

The China Blog - TIME.com » Blog Archive Big Underpants, The Song « — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:56:57 +0000

[...] | Trackbacks (0) | Email This Because the China Blog will never tire in our dogged pursuit of this story, here's a link to a video imploring China Central Television to embrace the "inelegant" nickname of [...]

By: De Store Underbukser: CCTV Tårnet skal have nyt navn | KINABLOG.dk

De Store Underbukser: CCTV Tårnet skal have nyt navn | KINABLOG.dk — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:05:36 +0000

[...] Times Kinablog har i øvrigt også skrevet om konkurrencen her. [...]

By: datingismoreimportantthanpolitics

datingismoreimportantthanpolitics — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:37:32 +0000

Haha, such an interesting story. It is funny for chinese people to pick up a nickname. I have a friend is called "ironic egg" because of his dark face; another one is called " doggie", no reason, it was from his parents; another one is called " one eye" because of his disability. Too many examples.

By: michaeltongzhi

michaeltongzhi — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:51:58 +0000

When I was last in　Beijing, admittedly about six months ago, the drivers referred to it as the "bird legs" in keeping with the egg and nest naming convention. Perhaps that was the sanitized version...

By: mingming2

mingming2 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:05:29 +0000

Dear Johnsmith-the-sweety, don't be so serious and industious all the time, OK? Put aside your job and hatred and relax for a tiny bit while. It is a funny topic, although yours is creative, but didn't follow the rules mentioned here. try again! And by the way, the translation "big underpants" is not correct and misleading. It should be "shorts" if the poster have better command of Chinese language or may just try to make it vulgar by distorting it, unless he himself is wearing rectangular underpants.