Messiness and minding other people's business also make up some foreigners 'conceptions of the Chinese. For Westerners, who cherish their privacy, the gossiping housewife is the hardest personality to fathom here.
「髒亂、好管閒事」也透露了外國人對中國人的看法，尤其在注重個人隱私權的西方人眼裡，東家長、西家短，或是愛管閒事的三姑六婆，是他們最難理解而又不敢恭維的人物。