95 Why ‘drinking vinegar’ means jealousy
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Why ‘drinking vinegar’ means jealousy
‘Having vinegar’ means to be jealous, chi cu in China.The legend says that a minister was to marry his second wife, according to the order of the emperor.His first wife was quite jealous.The emperor offered two choices for her: if she objected the marriage she should drink poison.
The woman willingly drank the poison offered by the emperor. However, she didn’t die. What she drank was vinegar, instead of poison.The emperor made the prank to test her attitude towards love.From then on, chi cu has been related to jealousy and used to describe the jealousy between lovers.


