Which linguistic phenomenon did the Coca-Cola company encounter when first entering the Chinese market, forcing them to create a new phonetic translation of their brand name?

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Their original translation 'Ke-kou-ke-la' roughly meant 'bite the wax tadpole' in some Chinese dialects
Their brand name contained sounds that don't exist in Mandarin, making it impossible to pronounce
The original characters used were considered bad luck because they resembled funeral symbols
The translation created a grammatically incorrect phrase that suggested the product was poisonous