A business executive visits his dear Chinese friend in the hospital.

"Li kai
yang qi guan," says the sick man
feebly.

The executive desperately
wants to help him, but he doesn't
speak Mandarin.

"Li kai yang qi guan!"
says the patient, as he draws his last breath.

Later that year, the executive is
in Shanghai on business when he
finally learns the meaning of Li kai
yang qi guan: "Get off my oxygen
tube."