On Taiwan during the Japanese Occupation, after her arm was accidentally touched by a Japanese doctor giving her a shot, a well-bred young Chinese lady was said to have gone home and hanged herself in shame.
浸染其中的中國人，言談舉止就有所忌諱。相傳台灣日據時期，霍亂流行，一名大家閨秀因為接受預防針注射時，手臂不小心被日本軍醫碰到，竟然羞愧至極，回家便投繯自盡了。