Castle walls
Explaining the origin of my surname to my husband.
Me: 郭 is the word for the walls of a city or a castle, the outside of the main city. My ancestors probably lived around the outside of a castle or something.
Watermelon: So your ancestors were beggars?
Me: ...
Watermelon: Or lepers? Or savages? Or 蟑螂 (cockroaches)? Haha.
Me: 郭 is the word for the walls of a city or a castle, the outside of the main city. My ancestors probably lived around the outside of a castle or something.
Watermelon: So your ancestors were beggars?
Me: ...
Watermelon: Or lepers? Or savages? Or 蟑螂 (cockroaches)? Haha.