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harder than Chinese math en · ADJ

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Etymology

Suggesting complex mathematics written in the unfamiliar Chinese script.

Meanings

  1. (comparative-only, humorous, informal) Very difficult.
    • [G]etting to my hotel was harder than Chinese math. I stopped and asked some English speaking traffic cops "which way to the hotel" and they all gave me directions insisting I was really close. 2010 November 28, Teresa Cline, Single White Female Backpacker (Black and White), Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 187:
    • Every game was sold out, and getting tickets was harder than Chinese math. 2008 September 1, Steven Travers, The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: Oakland Raiders: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Oakland Raiders History, Triumph Books, →ISBN:
  2. (comparative-only, humorous, informal) Very hard (in the sense of physical rigidity).
    • I can't tell you if it was the idea of more sex to come, or the position we were getting ready to get into that got me harder than Chinese math in seconds but I was ready for more. 2008 March 25, Ondray Pearson, Wrong Turn: (Diary of a Good Man), iUniverse, →ISBN, page 76: