id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt web-archive-org-9607 Why the Chinese don't say "I love you" .html application/xhtml+xml 2022 205 85 Shanghai Love Education Institute founders Ni Meiqi and Dong Xingmao say Chinese love is "like a thermos – cold outside but hot inside." Western lovers (particularly those of the American variety), they claim, say "I love you" far too much, and what's worse, "they don't actually mean it all the time." "In Chinese people's eyes, if I say 'I love you' too often, that is, use a high context way to say it, then maybe you don't really love me because you say it so much," says Prof. "Instead of saying 'Wo ai ni,' Chinese people are more likely to express the same meaning in a different way. Home / VENUES / I ♥ SHANGHAI / EVENTS / FOOD & DRINK / LIFE & STYLE / JOBS / ARTS / COMMUNITY / FRIENDS / SPORTS / CITY GUIDES / Contact Us / Favorite Links ./cache/web-archive-org-9607.html ./txt/web-archive-org-9607.txt