China's final warning
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- proverb
- Subclass of
- warning
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
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- does not have part
- consequence
- native label
- последнее китайское предупреждение
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Encyclopedic overview
"China's final warning" (Russian: последнее китайское предупреждение, romanized: posledneye kitayskoye preduprezhdeniye) is a Russian ironic idiom originating from the Soviet Union that refers to a warning that carries no real consequences.
History
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