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From online discussions to adverts, Chinese culture is full of puns. But the country’s print and broadcast watchdog has ruled that there is nothing funny about them. 从网上讨论到电视广告，中国文化充满双关语和俏皮话。但是国家广电监督部门却认为，这些俏皮话一点都不好笑。 It has banned wordplay on the grounds that it breaches the law on standard spoken and written Chinese, makes promoting cultural heritage harder and may mislead the public – especially children. 广电部门已经出台《通知》禁止了这类文字游戏，理由是它们违反了使用标准汉语口语和书面语的相关法规，与传承和弘扬中华优秀传统文化的精神相违背，并可能误导社会公众--尤其是小孩子们。 The casual alteration of idioms risks nothing less than “cultural and linguistic chaos”, it warns. 广电部门警告称，肆意乱改乱用可能导致文化断代和语言混乱。 Chinese is perfectly suited to puns because it has so many homophones. Popular sayings and even customs, as well as jokes, rely on wordplay. 中文有很多同音字，非常适合用来制造双关语。一些习俗与、流行语和笑话通常都会包含这种文字游戏。 But the order from the State Administration for Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television says: “Radio and television authorities at all levels must tighten up their regulations and crack down on the irregular and inaccurate use of the Chinese language, especially the misuse of idioms.” | 
