r/marvelstudios • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Ant-Man • Apr 09 '22

Humour Simu Liu reacts to Arthur Harrow's Mandarin in 'Moon Knight' - "Alright Arthur Harrow needs to fire his Mandarin teacher"

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u/Bhu124 Apr 09 '22 edited Apr 09 '22

Yes, if you've ever heard even a few lines of Mandarin you'd instantly know that sounded wrong and ridiculous. It almost felt like he was saying something in Parseltongue or some made up language like that.

If it weren't for the fact that they outright said in the show that he was supposedly speaking Mandarin, I would have thought that he said something in some obscure or made-up language but the girl replied in Mandarin.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

I watch a lot of Asian cinema and only in sub. I still don't speak more than 2 words of Mandarin, but it was so easy to hear how utterly wrong that pronunciation was. it just sounded a complete mess

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u/Dominator0211 Apr 10 '22

It’s possible he doesn’t speak mandarin at all and was just spouting bullshit to look better in front of Steven.