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Today my teacher introduced us to a couple of Chinese riddles or 谜语 (mi2yu3).

1st

什么是快乐一个星期？ （暗示：两个字） （暗示: 饮料的牌子)

2nd

什么是十五天? (暗示:一个字) (暗示:一个要锻炼身体的人可以叫什么?)

回答:

1st

七喜 (qi1xi3) Chinese name for 7-Up®; 星期七的七,欢喜的喜.

2nd

胖 (pang4) fat; divided into 2 parts, it is 月 and 半; 平时半个月就是15天.

Although this one is clever, the 月 here does not mean moon or month, but flesh.

Do you know of any more Chinese riddles?

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Interesting question. However there has been a trend to close open ended questions like this on this board.. perhaps this one would be better for community wiki? – trideceth12 Feb 23 '12 at 6:56
It's not a trend, it's the rule. :) Open ended questions like this are not a good fit for Q&A sites. Community Wikis are destined to off topic but still particularly useful questions, this one does not belong to that category in my opinion. – Alenanno♦ Feb 24 '12 at 1:22

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The nciku blog has a quiz with several of these: http://blog.nciku.com/blog/en/?p=2149

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