<p>Mistranslation is the cause of this ridiculous translation.</p>

<p>Don't trust Google translate, especially when it comes to Chinese. Just report this mistranslation to Google.</p>

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But This is not an answer for the question.
炸鱼薯条德里克
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Mistranslation is the cause of this ridiculous translation.
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I added your comment (which is really the answer) to your original answer (which was really more of a comment).
Becky 李蓓
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昨晚忘記呼吸
<p>In <a href="https://translate.google.com/#view=home&amp;op=translate&amp;sl=auto&amp;tl=zh-CN&amp;text=mistreat" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Google translate</a>, one of the Chinese translations of “mistreat” is “三顿饭”:</p>
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<p>What does “三顿饭” have anything to do with &quot;mistreat&quot;? Is it an idiom?</p>

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I only have `虐待` on my side
John Joe
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2019-04-16T03:57:14.293Z
Haha, I found this too now: "Mistreat me darling and I might just disappear"“三顿饭我，亲爱的，我可能会就此消失” https://www.englisher.net/lyrics/lyric/all-these-strangers/
Mou某
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@user3306356 will it because of the translation issue ?
John Joe
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@JohnJoe My first guess, especially based on the context of this question, is that they got it from google. But, even if that is correct, Google must have gotten it from somewhere else. There does exist the idea of “eating” things as a substitution phrase for punishment, e.g.: Sichuanese has 吃笋子熬肉 which literally mean to eat bamboo stewed meat - but figuratively it means “do you want a beating?” So, it is possible that the translation could be correct, but we’d need to see where google got their translation from.
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Why “mistreat” is translated as "三顿饭" by Google translate?
# Why “mistreat” is translated as "三顿饭" by Google translate?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-16)

In [Google translate](https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=auto&tl=zh-CN&text=mistreat), one of the Chinese translations of “mistreat” is “三顿饭”:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/JBqCw.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/JBqCw.png)

What does “三顿饭” have anything to do with "mistreat"? Is it an idiom?

**Tags:** translation, idioms

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I only have `虐待` on my side  
> **username_2**: Haha, I found this too now: "Mistreat me darling and I might just disappear"“三顿饭我，亲爱的，我可能会就此消失” https://www.englisher.net/lyrics/lyric/all-these-strangers/  
> **username_1**: @user3306356 will it because of the translation issue ?  
> **username_2**: @username_1 My first guess, especially based on the context of this question, is that they got it from google. But, even if that is correct, Google must have gotten it from somewhere else. There does exist the idea of “eating” things as a substitution phrase for punishment, e.g.: Sichuanese has 吃笋子熬肉 which literally mean to eat bamboo stewed meat - but figuratively it means “do you want a beating?” So, it is possible that the translation could be correct, but we’d need to see where google got their translation from.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-04-16. Score: 1

Mistranslation is the cause of this ridiculous translation.

Don't trust Google translate, especially when it comes to Chinese. Just report this mistranslation to Google.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: But This is not an answer for the question.  
> **username_3**: Mistranslation is the cause of this ridiculous translation.  
> **username_5**: I added your comment (which is really the answer) to your original answer (which was really more of a comment).  

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