Jiàoshòu, jiàoshòu; yuè jiāo, yuè shòu.

Lit Professor(s), professor(s); the more they profess, the thinner they get.

Note [Pun; a satirical comment on the low salaries of academics in China, originally criticizing the inflationary policies of the late 1940s, resurrected in the 1990s; cf. sòutóu “stupid person” is Wu dialect.]

Topics DIALECT INFLATION PROFESSORS pun sòutóu TEACHING Wu_dialect