Kong Yiji's long gown
Definitions: Under the anxiety of employment, college students laugh at their own sense of identity that is difficult to let go. TraceabilityIn the contemporary era of depreciation of academic qualifications, some college graduates are faced with the dilemma of "can't find their ideal job, but they think they are college students and don't want to do the basic work at the bottom" when looking for a job, so they can't take off "Kong Yiji's robe", thinking that they are the same as Kong Yiji, they can't let go of the pride in their identity cognition, and can only be a "poor reader".
Example sentences: I couldn't take off Kong Yiji's robe, so I had to lie flat.
February 11, 2023, Hangzhou. People lying by the river playing with their phones. (Picture Acan).
Stay-at-home children
Definitions: Young people who do not go to work, live with their parents, and earn financial ** by being children.
TraceabilityAt a time when the pressure of employment is high and the number of graduate and public entrance examinations is gradually increasing, many graduates choose to return home and prepare for the exam while exchanging financial support for their parents by paying appropriate labor. The phrase "stay-at-home children" dilutes the anxiety of staying home after graduation and is acceptable to parents and young people.
Example sentences: After graduating, my dream career would be to be a stay-at-home child.
Chengdu, November 25, 2023. Girl shopping in Taikoo Li. (Picture Acan).
Misophobia
Definitions: A natural aversion to children in public places.
Traceability: In July this year, writer Su Xiaolan recorded on Weibo the harsh treatment he encountered when taking his children on the high-speed train, such as "As long as there is a sound of chirping, or even crying or screaming loudly, he is immediately asked by the attendant to go to the connection of the carriage." The 10-hour journey, most of the time, was spent by parents holding their children at the junction of the carriages", which sparked a discussion on the Internet about many people's natural "misogyny". Coupled with the contemporary status quo of "fear of marriage and childbearing", some young people frankly admit that they feel irritated when they see children outside.
Example sentences: I need to reflect on my misogyny.
De-U.S. service
Definitions: Contrary to "serving in the United States", it advocates the liberation of women from the shackles of aesthetics, refuses to be scrutinized, and does not force their dress to cater to mainstream aesthetics.
Traceability: There is a trend of women refusing to force themselves to dress up and become beautiful, they do not accept the whitewashed statement that "girls dress up to please themselves", and make choices with more direct actions. Some girls choose to shave their heads, and some people choose not to wear makeup every day, do not Xi learn mainstream aesthetics such as "white and thin", and refuse to "serve in the United States".
Example sentences: After leaving the United States, I felt relaxed and free.
October 31, 2023, Guangzhou. A cosplayer taking a photo. (Picture Acan).
Save money across provinces
Definitions: In order to get a higher interest rate, I took the high-speed train to the bank deposit in other places.
Traceability: Some netizens found that the deposit interest of the same local bank is 31%, but in Shanghai it is 35%, but also gifts and points, so take 500,000 yuan to Shanghai by high-speed rail to deposit, 3 years of regular can get an extra 6,000 yuan. In the case of deposit rates of major banks falling below 3%, similar operations have been imitated by many people. In many banks, there are long queues of people who deposit money in other places. After the "tourist special forces", this kind of money saving operation is also called "money saving special forces".
Example sentences: In order to protect their wallets, young people have found other ways to save money across provinces.
Four days off and three days off
Definitions: A new type of work system with 4 days a week and 3 days off.
TraceabilityThis year, the company of Internet celebrity employment planner Zhang Xuefeng and a company in Changsha have successively proposed the work system of "four days off and three days off". Prior to this, many companies in the UK had implemented a large-scale "four days off and three days off" work system. But in practice, there are also some startups that use this to attract candidates, but the result is a cunning combination of "four days on the job and one day working from home".
Example sentences: Four days off and three days off, the dream of a worker.
(Picture: The Book of Apocalypse).
Shanhe University
Definitions: A fictitious university jointly "founded" by Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, and Hebei provinces.
Traceability: During the college entrance examination in June, a netizen pointed out that the educational resources of the "four provinces of mountains and rivers" are relatively scarce, but there are too many people, resulting in a high score line for the college entrance examination, and it is not as good as the 3.43 million candidates in these four provinces to spend 1,000 yuan each to build a "mountain and river university". Subsequently, netizens spontaneously designed the school emblem and official website of "Shanhe University", and "Shanhe University" was quickly registered as a trademark. In response, Wu Yan, vice minister of education, said that he would continue to optimize the layout and structure of higher education resources, support the central and western regions, especially the provinces with large populations, expand the scale of higher education resources, and optimize the type structure and regional structure.
Example sentences: Next year's college entrance examination, preparing to apply for Shanhe University.
Jellyfish in the workplace
Definitions: Incompetent but very dangerous colleagues.
Traceability: Originated from a netizen's question about AI: "Do jellyfish have brains?".The AI on the web page replied: "Jellyfish do not have a backbone, but they have a nervous system. Jellyfish are invertebrates and belong to relatively low animals, without brains and organs such as hearts, so the IQ of jellyfish is not particularly high. This description then evolved into a complaint about a "toxic" colleague.
Example sentences: He's a real jellyfish in the workplace, brainless, but poisonous.
(Picture: "Good Things Come in Pairs").
The only daughter of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai
Definitions: Refers to a woman who has a smooth life, is loved by her family, and has a stable and peaceful life.
Traceability: Many people call themselves a typical "only daughter in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai", which has sparked discussions on the Internet. Most of their personalities are wealthy families who have no worries about food and clothing since childhood, and their parents' expectations for them are to find a job within the system and spend a safe and healthy life. Many netizens expressed envy for such a life, but there were also "only daughters in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai" who said that in fact, they yearn for freedom in the distance, and a stable life in the eyes of their parents is actually a restriction.
Example sentences: I failed to become the only daughter of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, so I can only get everything on my own.
Which Li is expensive
Definitions: A kind of irony for the "meritocracy".
Traceability: During Li Jiaqi's live broadcast, a netizen complained that the domestic brand Huaxizi was getting more and more expensive, and Li Jiaqi asked rhetorically: "* Is it expensive?."If you think it's expensive, you should reflect on whether you've worked hard and whether your salary has risen over the years. As soon as this remark came out, it caused heated discussions among netizens, and many people corrected that it has nothing to do with whether the salary rises or not. Meritocracy is becoming less and less acceptable to ordinary people at a time, and people have felt the more complex factors behind the class gap.
Example sentencesWhich Li is expensiveDid you work hard?
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Crispy college students
Definitions: Today's vulnerable group of college students.
TraceabilityIn September this year, a hospital in Zhengzhou saw more than 1,700 young people aged 18 to 25 in the emergency department. **Very rich: Playing games in the middle of the night broke the cornea;Brush short ** smiling, laughing cracked the nasal artery;Drink a canned cola and swallow the pull tab into your stomach;Wait a minute. Therefore, many college students ridicule themselves for being young but having a lot of problems, only their brains and no physique, as if they are crispy and will break if they touch it.
Example sentences: When I was in school, I was a crispy college student, and after work, I was a crispy worker.
Chengdu, November 24, 2023. Young man skateboarding on the street. (Picture Acan).
Small earning youth
Definitions: Young people who choose to start a small business and work in ordinary jobs to earn a small amount of money, but are also very satisfied.
Traceability: Originated from a short film of the same name, which tells the life and entrepreneurial stories of young people such as couriers, group performers, stall owners, and voice actors, and depicts a group portrait of "saving small profits and living a small life". In the current fierce competition in society, many young people no longer pursue unattainable success, but choose to earn a small amount of money by doing what they can. Therefore, "small earning youth" has become a new yearning at present, and it is also a moderate compromise chosen by contemporary young people under pressure.
Example sentences: I don't want to get rich overnight, I just want to be a young man.
Ahead of the curve
Definitions: Very good description.
Traceability"Far ahead" was originally the mantra of Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei's device business. At the product launch conference, Yu Chengdong used "far ahead" to describe the difference between Huawei and its peers when introducing the technical advantages of Huawei's mobile phones. According to some statistics, at a press conference, Yu Chengdong used "far ahead" 14 times. At first, it was just a meme in the mouths of netizens, but it gradually evolved into a compliment to describe "very good".
Example sentences: Our products are far ahead.
Stock couples
Definitions: Couples who have not yet divorced and have not had children.
Traceability: Because of the decline in the divorce rate** and fertility rate, couples who have not yet divorced and have not had children have become the "stock" in the market. In June this year, the headline of the news about the number of local marriages in a certain place was "The growth rate of existing couples continues", these couples are a group that is targeted, they are "fertility reserves", "involution vanguards" and "property market supporters".
Example sentences: We just got married and became a stock couple.
Entertainment
Cultural stamina
Definitions: The ability to absorb higher culture and information.
Traceability: Some people take the movie "Bouquet of Love" as an example: after the male protagonist goes to work, he begins to gradually lose the ** he once liked, can't play console games that require an immersive experience, and is unwilling to think about anything. This phenomenon resonates with many office workers. After a day of continuous work, young people can no longer watch long articles and movies seriously, and all kinds of high-end cultural products that need to be thought about have become a burden. Especially for practitioners of knowledge and cultural work, their cultural and physical strength is consumed during working hours, and they can only take a break after returning home. In the age of collective burnout, cultural physical strength is becoming a luxury for office workers.
Example sentences: After I started going to work, my cultural stamina continued to decline.
(Picture "Bouquet of Love").
Langlang Mountain
Definitions: Refers to a distant hometown.
Traceability: From the first episode of the domestic animation "Chinese Strange Tan" "The Summer of Little Monsters". The plot of the animation is interpreted as the story of an ordinary person who is far away from his hometown and goes to a big city to pursue his dreams, because Langlang Mountain is the place where the little pig demon was born, so "Langlang Mountain" has become synonymous with his hometown. "Leaving Langlang Mountain" is the choice of many contemporary young people, and "missing Langlang Mountain" is the heart of lonely young people. After the phenomenon of young people returning to small towns and third- and fourth-tier cities, Langlang Mountain has also become a place where young people belong in their hearts.
Example sentences: I want to leave Langlang Mountain, but I miss Langlang Mountain.
(Photo: "Strange Tales of China").
The gears of fate
Definitions: An important time node in life change.
Traceability: Originally originated from a group of ** comparisons before and after Yang Chaoyue became famous that circulated on the Internet this year. In a 2017 **, Yang Chaoyue looked at her mobile phone while eating, at this time she was working as a sewing worker in Shanghai, and there was still a month before she participated in the draft and became popular. Subsequently, a series of expressions about the "gears of fate" began to become popular. At every turning point in life, there are gears that turn quietly.
Example sentences: Why are the gears of my destiny slow to turn?
Pseudo-orthopedics
Definitions: Two people who are nominally relatives, but are not actually related by blood, love each other.
Traceability"Orthopedics" comes from a hot post called "German Orthopedics" many years ago. A boy told the story of a man who fell in love with his blood sister, only to have his leg broken by his family and went to the orthopedic department in Germany. "Orthopedics" has become synonymous with "brother and sister love", and "pseudo-orthopedics" is the unrelated brother and sister love bridge that often appears in TV dramas in recent years, and it is the new favorite of the CP industry this year.
Example sentences: The best sadomasochistic template for contemporary TV dramas is pseudo-orthopedics.
(Picture "You Are My Fireworks in the World").
Speed bumps**
Definitions: When the brush is short, when you encounter a certain type of brush, you will unconsciously stop the brushing action and start to concentrate**.
Traceability: Since "Odebeela Banana" was liked by male audiences, including modifying cars, building houses, surviving in the wilderness, repairing donkey hooves, etc., it has been called "boys' speed bumps". Correspondingly, handsome guys, star-chasing, blackheads, etc.** are called "girls' speed bumps". "Speed bumps" have become a special word in the era.
Example sentences: I didn't go to bed until 3 a.m., just because I brushed the speed bump**.
Wu Bai self-help concert
Definitions: Describe the phenomenon of tens of thousands of people singing at Wu Bai's concert.
Traceability: Some netizens said that on this year's Wu Bai national tour, Wu Bai only needs to sing a beginning, and the rest will become a chorus of the audience. Someone joked: "Wu Bai walked on stage, he didn't need to bring a guitar, just stand with his hands behind his back." "At the end of the concert, Wu Bai's microphone was still 97% electric. "Nostalgia is still good business this year, and in uncertain times, people are more willing to think about the definite past.
Example sentences: After participating in Wu Bai's self-help concert, my voice was hoarse.
Electronic mustard
Definitions: Suitable for watching when a person is eating**.
Traceability: There are more and more young people who watch ** when eating, and many ** even use "eating" as the main propaganda feature. When I was a child, my parents didn't let me watch TV during meals, but when I grew up, I made up for it in the form of "mustard". On the one hand, the rise of "electronic mustard" represents the development of **, and on the other hand, it is also the embodiment of the loneliness of contemporary young people. And in winter, some ** characterized by "warmth" will be further upgraded to "electronic down jackets", such as the Korean drama "Please Answer 1988".
Example sentences: Before each meal, I need to spend half an hour picking out my e-pickles.
(Photo: "People Who Live Alone").
Pure love God of War
Definitions: A person who believes in love, and who unreservedly devotes and gives when falling into love.
Traceability: Originally used to describe some anime characters, they tend to have a naïve belief in love, single-minded and affectionate, and uphold the value of "love can transcend everything". "Pure Love God of War" has a little more praise and understanding than "Love Brain", representing simple people in the complex real world.
Example sentences: Ben Pure Love God of War fell to the ground in response.
Netizen's mammary glands
Definitions: The audience's vivid expression of "don't be angry with me anymore".
Traceability: The audience expressed extreme anger at some film and television dramas, variety shows or popular events with amazing plots, exaggerating that "breast nodules will be blown out". For example, in the variety show "Goodbye Lover", the couple who caused conflicts because of outrageous events often triggered the reaction of netizens to "breathe out of breast nodules".
Example sentences: Don't ask for the plot to be too outrageous, netizens' mammary glands are also mammary glands.
life
White man's rice
Definitions: Describes a simple ingredient that is only used to maintain vital signs.
Traceability: At the beginning, it was the international students who claimed to be "white rice victims" and complained about the simple lunch of foreigners - small tomatoes, bread slices, vegetable salad, simple and rude, what to eat. Subsequently, white rice began to sweep the lunch of college students and urban white-collar workers, the production process was gradually simplified, and the ingredients also developed into cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots that are more suitable for the Chinese stomach. The fatigue of the workers and the white man's rice became a perfect match.
Example sentences: Eat the weakest white man's meal, and work the most curly work.
Special forces tourism
Definitions: A popular way to travel among young people, which refers to visiting more attractions in as little time and at the lowest possible cost.
Traceability"Special Forces Tourism" originated from the travel itinerary shared by college students on the short ** platform, and its travel method that only focuses on efficiency and does not care about comfort quickly attracted the attention of netizens. During the "May Day" period, netizens who visited all the scenic spots in Beijing in two days and climbed the five mountains in five days once again refreshed the public's perception of "special forces tourism". "Special forces" have become a kind of personality, and the form has been constantly enriched, in addition to tourism, there are also "special forces for saving money" and "special forces for shopping".
Example sentences: Special forces tourism, the main focus is a "been".
September 3, 2023, Hangzhou. Xiaohezhi Street Historical and Cultural District. (Picture Acan).
momo
Definitions: An ID that hides your identity.
Traceability: momo was originally an original WeChat emoji character, and if you choose to automatically generate it when you sign up for an account, the ID will become momo, including the pink dinosaur head statue and the name "momo". After that, this identity became a screen name that people actively chose in order to be invisible on the Internet, and a group of "momo army" with common avatars and nicknames appeared, forming a popular trend of "big hidden in the city, small hidden in mo".
Example sentences: I'm also a member of the MOMO army.
Very introverted
Definitions: An opening line that is followed by an illogical but humorous act.
Traceability: Evolved from "mad literature" and became a fixed opening template, in order to achieve the purpose of self-deprecation, irony, and rebellion. Introversion is our protective color, and when you learn to be introverted, the whole world will become gentle.
Example sentences: Very introverted, but afraid to work at the workstation;is very introverted, and lets others help talk about love.
March 12, 2023, Guangzhou. People on the streets. (Picture Acan).
Electronic vomit
Definitions: Hypocritical texts written in the middle of the night emo, "crazy literature", etc., make people very embarrassed when they wake up the next day.
Traceability: Netizens said that looking at the emo text he wrote late at night was like seeing his vomit after a hangover.
Example sentences: Don't take it seriously, it's just my electronic vomit.
As it comes
Definitions: An ambiguous answer.
Traceability: From Guo Jiji, an associate professor at China University of Political Science and Law, a popular lecture clip. ** has been emphasizing "as it comes". "Did you come or not?As it comesNetizens applied this sentence to various scenarios.
Example sentences: Are you coming to class?As it comes
Worthy of the temple.
Definitions: Describe a person who is very capable and worthy of praise.
Traceability: From the role of "Big Lady" in the costume TV series "Do You Know If You Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin", she often talks about "My father deserves to enjoy the Taimiao". Later, a college entrance examination candidate said in an interview after walking out of the examination room, "I hope to cancel the compensatory leave", and was excitedly praised by netizens as "Child, you deserve to enjoy the Taimiao". "Worthy of enjoying the Taimiao" is out of the circle.
Example sentences: Working overtime until 3 o'clock in the morning, you really deserve to enjoy the Taimiao.
(Picture "Do You Know If You Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin").
Internet Patrol Dogs
Definitions: When you send a hot event on the Internet to a friend, the other party does not reply, but after a few days, they send you the same message.
Traceability: Many people find that when they send a trending message to a friend on the Internet, the other person doesn't read it at all, but after a few days, the other person will send the same content to themselves. This process of "throwing the message back into the hand" is like the behavior of a roving dog.
Example sentences: My friend is an internet itinerant dog.
swap
Definitions: A fashionable lifestyle with a fun exchange of skills, wishes, etc., on a second-hand platform.
TraceabilityOriginally a concept in the financial sector, "swap" is now being used by a group of young people as "a new type of exchange that takes place online". This so-called "exchange" goes beyond the object itself, refers to the exchange of skills, wishes and other abstract things, and exists more as a kind of ridicule, such as "replacing the dog walking for real Xi proof", "exchanging ten pounds of weight for an object", "exchanging the boss's ten years of good luck for my salted fish and turning over".
Example sentences:swap - exchange work for 10 days of vacation.
September 3, 2023, Hangzhou. People who dress up stylishly. (Picture Acan).
Morning f evening e
Definitions: Describes the phenomenon that the harder the contemporary youth work during the day, the more confused they become at night.
Traceability: Many people find that the more they shout "fighting" during the day, the more they feel emo at night and doubt the meaning of life.
Example sentences: The current situation of contemporary migrant workers - early f late e.
Pretend to save money
Definitions: Help yourself save money by imagining events.
Traceability: Some netizens started saving money by "pretending to have something important". For example, pretending to be raising a child and saving money in the way of "pregnancy-childbirth-raising a child", or pretending to buy a house for decoration and saving money according to the items spent on decoration.
Example sentences: By pretending to save money, I managed to support myself.
Sexual Brain
DefinitionsAn upgraded version of the "love brain", i.e. someone who wants to develop a relationship with all members of the opposite sex.
Traceability: According to the current popular saying, kinship is called "kinship", friendship is "friendship", and relationship with the opposite sex who is likely to be in love is "sexual relationship". People with "sexual brain" means that when they meet the opposite sex, they immediately feel that it is "sexual relationship" and hope that the other party will become the object of development, which is a value that subconsciously regards all the opposite sex as the goal of love.
Example sentences: What is more terrifying than the love brain is the sexual brain.
Paper sexuality
Definitions: Only fall in love with the two-dimensional "paper man".
Traceability: Originated from various otome games, such as "Love and the Producer", "Love of Light and Night", etc., players develop romantic relationships with two-dimensional characters in the game. A person who only has emotions for ACGN (virtual characters in animation, comics, games, and ** works, and has no interest in falling in love with people in the three-dimensional real world) is called a "paper sexual".
Example sentences: Oops, it turns out that I'm a paper sexual.
Frogification
Definitions: Similar to "head down", it indicates the loss of attachment to someone.
Traceability: A term that was originally very popular among young people in Japan, and it describes a term that originally thought that a male romantic partner was generally good, but suddenly became uninterested or even disgusted with him because of some details and actions of the other person when they got along. "Frogization" comes from the fairy tale of "The Frog Prince", but the process is reversed, not from a frog to a prince, but from a prince to a frog. Its counterpart is the phenomenon of "serpentinization", which refers to the opposite situation, when the other person makes a fool of himself or behaves undecently, instead of minding, everyone finds it cute.
Example sentences: Don't mention him to me anymore, he's already frogified in my mind.