| I watched the news this week and it mentioned that the students make sure they do not take cabs/taxis with the "inauspicious" numbers (0, 4 & 6) during exam-days.
As I understand from that news, these numbers are avoided for the following reasons: - 0: looks like an egg, and therefore, no one wants to score a "zero egg" for their papers - 4: pronounced as "si" in Chinese which sounds like "die" in Chinese - 6: i think it's because it sounds similar to a Shanghainese word that means "slipped away". |
Second Day of College Entrace Exam