“What Does ‘Repair for Help’ Mean? Understanding the Taiwanese Meme”

The signboard is the most important factor for a store to attract customers. Whether it is shape, size or signboard name, the more eye-catching the better. A netizen posted a photo on Facebook PO, only to see the signboard outside a store with three big characters “repair for help”, and it took him a long time to understand the meaning.as soon as the photo comes outIt also attracted a lot of discussion. Netizens who understand Taiwanese can understand what it means at a glance.

The original PO saw a sign outside a restaurant on the road a few days ago, which said “repair for help at a reasonable price”, which made him puzzled what does “repair for help” mean? After looking at it for a long time, it was hard to understand the meaning of these three words. It turned out to be the Taiwanese word for “teppanyaki”. He couldn’t help laughing and said, “I thought I changed the store… What do you want to say?” Original PO The photo was taken and uploaded to Facebook “On the Road Observation Academy”, which aroused heated discussions among the public.

Many people looked at it and said with a smile, “Teppanyaki is in Taiwanese, wow”, “I was stunned when I passed by it two days ago”, “It’s a Taiwanese meme again”, “Those who understand Taiwanese can understand it quickly” , “Teppanyaki, easy to understand”, “As weak as my Taiwanese”, “You can only know the answer after reading the message, everyone is so strong”, “As a result, a bunch of people took things in and asked the boss to help fix it”, “There are also I’ve seen Dai Cuiqiu’s (shaving)”, “Is there such a thing in Taiwanese?”, “Teppanyaki in Taiwanese, right? Although it’s weird, it shouldn’t be the correct way to say it.”