May 1, 2021

29 words

WordPinyinDefinition
不胫而走bù jìng ér zǒuto get round fast
口水战kǒu shuǐ zhànwar of words
学霸xué bà(slang) top student
打鸡血dǎ jī xuèlit. to inject chicken blood
扑朔迷离pū shuò mí líimpossible to unravel
灌水guàn shuǐto irrigate
乌龙wū lóngblack dragon
争先恐后zhēng xiān kǒng hòustriving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom)
维权wéi quánto defend (legal) rights
置之不理zhì zhī bù lǐto pay no heed to (idiom)
罗生门Luó shēng ména deepening plot where each character has their own version of the truth
蛛丝马迹zhū sī mǎ jìlit. spider's thread and horse track
装聋作哑zhuāng lóng zuò yǎto play deaf-mute
起跑线qǐ pǎo xiànthe starting line (of a race)
阴谋论yīn móu lùnconspiracy theory
陨落yǔn luòto fall down
黄牛票huáng niú piàoscalped tickets
鸡娃jī wá‘chicken babies’
二胎化èr tāi huàtwo-child policy
七普qī pǔChina's seventh national population census
望子成龙、望女成凤wàng zǐ chéng lóng , wàng nǚ chéng fènghoping for your son to become a dragon and your daughter to become a Phoenix
鸡内卷jī nèi juǎnchild forced on steroids unhealthy competition
教育内卷jiào yù nèi juǎnunhealthy competition in education
特黑tè hēiTesla hater
绝不妥协jué bù tuǒ xiénever compromise
进行监管约谈jìn xíng jiān guǎn yuē táninvited to engage in a regulatory chat
二选一èr xuǎn yīthe practice of forcing merchants to use one of two platforms
反垄断调查fǎn lǒng duàn diào cháanti-trust investigation
内卷化nèi juǎn huàunhealthy competition