英语词汇long time no see的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

long time, no see. The expression may date back only to the early 1920s, when it was first recorded as American slang. Oth- er greetings common at the same time are How’s tricks?, and What do you say? But according to another theory, long time no see came into the language from pidgin english, brought home from the Far East by U.S. and British sailors in the early 1900s along with other expressions such as chop-chop for “hurry” and no can do. Long time no see is said to be a direct translation into pidgin of a Chinese expression meaning the same. See also chinese language contributions to english.

词汇	long time no see
词源	long time, no see. The expression may date back only to the early 1920s, when it was first recorded as American slang. Oth- er greetings common at the same time are How’s tricks?, and What do you say? But according to another theory, long time no see came into the language from pidgin english, brought home from the Far East by U.S. and British sailors in the early 1900s along with other expressions such as chop-chop for “hurry” and no can do. Long time no see is said to be a direct translation into pidgin of a Chinese expression meaning the same. See also chinese language contributions to english.
随便看	nitty-gritty nitwit nix nixon-s resignation nixon-s the one nixopedia nn no-account noah-s ark noah-s brig no applause—just throw money no balm in gilead nobel prize no better than she should be noble experiment noble science noblesse oblige nobody but nobody undersells gimbels nobody home nobody loves goliath nobody never hit nobody nobody-s land no-brainer no bucks no buck rogers no can do