自强不吸 (Self-Improvement Never Breathes)

Self-Improvement Never Breathes (自强不吸)

Beijing was suffering from smog last week.
According to China Digital Times
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/12/motto-of-the-week-self-improvement-never-breathes/

... [Some Chinese Netizens changed the] Tsinghua University motto into a joke about air pollution: thus, “self-improvement never ends, strong morals carry heavy loads (zìqiáng bùxī, hòudé zài wù 自强不息，厚德载物)

becomes “self-improvement never breathes, strong morals carry heavy smog (zìqiáng bùxī, hòudé zài wù 自强不吸，厚德载雾).

(The official English version of Tsinghua’s motto is “Self-Discipline and Social Commitment.”)

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