"Sunning", a word of Cantonese origin that means to show off, to show off, is often used to describe someone who appears excessively conceited or unnatural when overemphasizing their achievements or good fortune, or flaunting their wealth. In different contexts, exposure can have a slightly pejorative connotation, referring to inappropriate or excessive self-presentation and ostentation. For example, posting personal success stories or experiences through social ** to attract the attention and praise of others, wearing expensive jewelry to show off everywhere exaggeratedly, taking pictures of dishes and sending them to the circle of friends before moving chopsticks when dining in a restaurant, and traveling to scenic spots must take pictures and quickly post them to the circle of friends, etc., these are all manifestations of "exposure".
The word "life" was first seen in the sixties and seventies of the last century, which era people's lives are very poor, non-staple food ** is scarce, such as peanuts, beans, dried fish, dried meat, etc. are usually reluctant to eat, only left until the New Year's festival to take out to eat, storage time after a long time will inevitably grow insects or mold, so from time to time to take out and put it under the sun to dry, this phenomenon is especially common in the small streets and alleys of the city
The more things that are placed in the sun, the richer the family is, and in the eyes of the neighbors, it has become a show off of wealth, in Cantonese it is "showing off their own lives", showing their wealth to others, and slowly the term "sunbathing" has become popular, and at the same time, it has also derived such as "academic qualifications", "body exposure" and so on.
In addition, in the 70s, there was another interpretation of the word "sunning" in Guangzhou, "drying" means sleeping, "life" means body, "returning to the house to dry life" means going home to sleep, and "sunning pigeons" means sleeping without a fixed place, but the latter saying has not been circulated for a long time and has long been forgotten now.