Lin called chink by ESPN

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尼克斯主场输给黄蜂,七连胜终止。ESPN的移动平台网站于美国东部时间发布头条新闻,标题取为“Chink In The Armor(穿盔甲的中国佬)”。Chink是一个带有很强种族侮辱性的词汇,美国人喜欢用这个词来讽刺中国人的发音。

 

From Dictionary.com

Chink

  Slang: Disparaging and Offensive . a Chinese.

Origin:
1900–05;  earlier Chinkie  apparently alteration of China, Chinese  by association with chink 1  (from the stereotypical Western image of Chinese as narrow-eyed);