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wat10000 12 hours ago

It’s even better than that. “Red Note” is the softened version. A more direct translation is “Little Red Book.”

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rs999gti 11 hours ago | parent [-]

> “Little Red Book.”

As in Mao's Little Red Book - https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34932800

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ghostpepper 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Can't confirm as I don't speak Chinese but Sharp China podcast says this is a mistranslation, and that the word for Mao's little red book is not the same as the Chinese name for Rednote

	▲	wat10000 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If Wikipedia is to be believed, the Chinese nickname is “Treasured Red Book.” It’s just a coincidence that the English nickname happens to match the literal translation of this app’s name. Still hilarious.