The old man just can't remember the name Ma Dongmei and keeps asking, 'Ma-what-Mei?'
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In the film's best-known scene 夏洛 asks an old man where 马冬梅 lives, and the old man gets the name wrong every time, ending with 马什么梅 'Ma-what-Mei?'. The line is now a joke for half-remembering someone's name.