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Marvel turned Mandarin into 'gibberish.' Even one of its stars called it out

U.S. actor Ethan Hawke arrives for the Marvel/Disney+ original series premiere of "Moon Knight" at the El Capitan theatre in Hollywood, California, March 22, 2022.

Arthur Harrow wants his followers to speak three languages. He might want to find a new Mandarin teacher first.

The "Moon Knight" villain (played by Ethan Hawke) has a brief conversation in Mandarin with one of his followers in the second episode of the Marvel Studios series, and viewers familiar with Mandarin are criticizing the scene for butchering the language and calling it "gibberish" on

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