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  2. Bras d'honneur - Wikipedia

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    Bras d'honneur. A bras d'honneur [a] ( lit. 'arm of honour' ), also known as an Iberian slap, [b] forearm jerk, Italian salute, [1] [c] or Kozakiewicz's gesture, [d] is an obscene gesture that communicates moderate to extreme contempt, and is roughly equivalent in meaning to "fuck you" or "up yours", having the same meaning as giving the finger.

  3. Europeans in Medieval China - Wikipedia

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    The dates between 585 ( Sui dynasty) to 1368 (Yuan dynasty) comprise the medieval period in Chinese history. Historians of Chinese history call this period the "Chinese Imperial Era", which began after the unification of the seven kingdoms by the Qin dynasty. With the Ming dynasty, the early modern era began.

  4. Obscene gesture - Wikipedia

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    The middle finger is still used though, and it is considered more insulting. Another variation of the middle finger is used, where all the fingers but the middle one are spread wide while moving the hand back and forth in the axis the middle finger creates. In this gesture, the thumb sometimes touches the middle finger.

  5. Fist-and-palm - Wikipedia

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    The fist-and-palm gesture, also known as gongshou ( Chinese: 拱手; pinyin: Gǒngshǒu ), or zuoyi ( Chinese: 作揖; pinyin: Zuòyī) in Chinese, is a traditional Chinese ceremonial gesture or salute used for greeting or showing respect. It involves bringing together the index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger of both ...

  6. The finger - Wikipedia

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    The finger. Person "giving the middle finger". In Western culture, " the finger ", or the middle finger (as in giving someone the ( middle) finger, flipping the bird[ 1] or flipping someone off) [ 1] is an obscene hand gesture. The gesture communicates moderate to extreme contempt, and is roughly equivalent in meaning to "fuck you", "fuck me ...

  7. Middle finger - Wikipedia

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    The middle finger, long finger, second finger, [1] [2] third finger, [3] toll finger or tall man is the third digit of the human hand, located between the index finger and the ring finger. It is typically the longest digit. In anatomy, it is also called the third finger, digitus medius, digitus tertius or digitus III .

  8. Fig sign - Wikipedia

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    Fig sign. The fig sign is a mildly obscene gesture that uses a thumb wedged in between two fingers. The gesture is most commonly used to ward off the evil eye, insult someone, or deny a request. It has been used at least since the Roman Age in Southern Europe and parts of the Mediterranean region, including in Turkish culture.

  9. Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca) - Wikipedia

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    Mandarin ( traditional Chinese: 官話; simplified Chinese: 官话; pinyin: Guānhuà; lit. 'official speech') was the common spoken language of administration of the Chinese empire during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It arose as a practical measure, due to the mutual unintelligibility of the varieties of Chinese spoken in different parts of China.