Oh Dear, Engrish Can Get You into Trouble.

Note the “finishes” specification.

D’ye suppose our Chinese friends meant dull? Or perhaps matte? The Free Dictionary provides a clue.

[French, curdled milk, matte, from feminine of obsolete mat, compact, from Old French, dull, from Latin mattus, stupefied; see mat2.]

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