A plush toy horse designed as a cheerful Chinese New Year mascot has galloped into unexpected popularity — with an ironic twist. 一款原本被設計為喜氣洋洋的中國新年吉祥物的毛絨小馬，意外走紅——而這一走紅還帶著幾分諷刺意味。 Created for the upcoming Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac, it was originally meant to wear an upturned smile. Instead, due to a production error at a factory in Yiwu, Zhejiang province — widely known as the world's capital of small commodities — the toy left the assembly line with its mouth stitched into a distinct, down-turned pout. 這款毛絨玩具是為即將到來的中國生肖“馬年”設計的，原本應當帶著上揚的笑容。然而，由於浙江義烏一家工廠在生產過程中出現失誤——義烏素有“世界小商品之都”之稱——這款玩具走下流水線時，嘴巴卻被縫成了明顯向下的撇嘴表情。 "It was simply a worker's mistake — the mouth was sewn upside down," factory owner Zhang Huoqing said in an interview on Friday. 工廠負責人張火清在週五接受采訪時表示：“這只是工人的一個失誤——嘴巴被反著...