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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gung_hoGung ho - Wikipedia

    Gung ho (/ ˈ ɡ ʌ ŋ ˈ h oʊ /) is an English term, with the current meaning of 'overly enthusiastic or energetic'. It originated during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) from a Chinese term, 工合 ( pinyin : gōnghé ; lit. 'to work together'), short for Chinese Industrial Cooperatives ( Chinese : 工業合作社 ; pinyin ...

  2. Gung Ho (released in Australia and New Zealand as Working Class Man) is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton. The story portrays the takeover of an American car plant by a Japanese corporation (although the title phrase is an Americanized Chinese term).

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jung_Gun-jooJung Gun-joo - Wikipedia

    Jung Gun-joo (Korean: 정건주; born May 26, 1995) is a South Korean actor. He has starred in several web dramas before venturing into TV broadcasts.

  4. Oct 18, 2019 · Today, we would Romanize it to gōng hé, but in the 1930s, the same sounds turned into kung ho, or gung-ho. So how did it go from describing a leftist co-op to an overzealous try-hard?

  5. Gung Ho. "Gung Ho" is advertised as a clash of cultures after the Japanese reopen the automobile factory in a small Pennsylvania town. That sounded promising.

  6. In a town in rural Pennsylvania, the automobile factory has been shut down for nine months, leaving the town economically distressed. A Japanese company, Assan Motors, has purchased the factory, but will need to be convinced that it is worth reopening.

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  8. www.wordorigins.org › big-list-entries › gung-hogung ho — Wordorigins.org

    Dec 3, 2020 · A red blunted triangle inscribed with the white character “Kung Ho,” meaning “We Work Together,” is the insignia of these Chinese industrials. It appears upon the some 50 products they turn out. The gung-ho spelling appeared in a 19 February 1941 article in the daily version of the same paper:

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