“白痴” (moron or idiot) counts as a swear in zh. “抐屎” (to churn shit) isn’t a swear in zh-min-nan.

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    2 days ago

    I’ll confirm this, my english mother in her 70s who happily uses swears of all strengths up to and including fuck used to screw her face up in a scowl if you dropped a cunt in conversation, but now doesn’t bat an eye