ipoh-horfun
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"Chaofan" (literally "fried rice") has become a well-established colloquial term in Taiwan for the sexual act, but despite its currency many people have no idea of its origins.
There is a joke which may be a possible origin: A man was about to fly out to spend a year abroad, and before he left his wife said to him, "You'll be away so long, so if your 'biological needs' get too much, I'm alright with you finding someone to help you handle them." The man thanked his wife for her kindness and told her that the same went for her. He also proposed that every time either of them followed through on this, they put a grain of rice in a glass bottle.
A year passed, and as soon as the man got home, he pulled out his bottle and happily showed his wife the three grains of rice inside. After he asked his wife to show him her bottle, she hesitantly pulled out an empty bottle. Before the man had a chance to celebrate, their maid stepped into the room with a bowl of fried rice, saying, "Excuse me madam, we were out of rice so I had to take the rice out of your bottle."
Due to concerns about being fined for inappropriate speech, a television talk show discussing sexual behavior chose to use chaofan as a "code word." They had no idea it would become so commonplace, nor that it would ultimately add a new definition to this entirely ordinary term.
There is a joke which may be a possible origin: A man was about to fly out to spend a year abroad, and before he left his wife said to him, "You'll be away so long, so if your 'biological needs' get too much, I'm alright with you finding someone to help you handle them." The man thanked his wife for her kindness and told her that the same went for her. He also proposed that every time either of them followed through on this, they put a grain of rice in a glass bottle.
A year passed, and as soon as the man got home, he pulled out his bottle and happily showed his wife the three grains of rice inside. After he asked his wife to show him her bottle, she hesitantly pulled out an empty bottle. Before the man had a chance to celebrate, their maid stepped into the room with a bowl of fried rice, saying, "Excuse me madam, we were out of rice so I had to take the rice out of your bottle."
Due to concerns about being fined for inappropriate speech, a television talk show discussing sexual behavior chose to use chaofan as a "code word." They had no idea it would become so commonplace, nor that it would ultimately add a new definition to this entirely ordinary term.
Can also say "欲火焚身".
