29 words
| Word | Pinyin | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 不胫而走 | bù jìng ér zǒu | to get round fast |
| 口水战 | kǒu shuǐ zhàn | war of words |
| 学霸 | xué bà | (slang) top student |
| 打鸡血 | dǎ jī xuè | lit. to inject chicken blood |
| 扑朔迷离 | pū shuò mí lí | impossible to unravel |
| 灌水 | guàn shuǐ | to irrigate |
| 乌龙 | wū lóng | black dragon |
| 争先恐后 | zhēng xiān kǒng hòu | striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom) |
| 维权 | wéi quán | to defend (legal) rights |
| 置之不理 | zhì zhī bù lǐ | to pay no heed to (idiom) |
| 罗生门 | Luó shēng mén | a deepening plot where each character has their own version of the truth |
| 蛛丝马迹 | zhū sī mǎ jì | lit. spider's thread and horse track |
| 装聋作哑 | zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ | to play deaf-mute |
| 起跑线 | qǐ pǎo xiàn | the starting line (of a race) |
| 阴谋论 | yīn móu lùn | conspiracy theory |
| 陨落 | yǔn luò | to fall down |
| 黄牛票 | huáng niú piào | scalped tickets |
| 鸡娃 | jī wá | ‘chicken babies’ |
| 二胎化 | èr tāi huà | two-child policy |
| 七普 | qī pǔ | China's seventh national population census |
| 望子成龙、望女成凤 | wàng zǐ chéng lóng , wàng nǚ chéng fèng | hoping for your son to become a dragon and your daughter to become a Phoenix |
| 鸡内卷 | jī nèi juǎn | child forced on steroids unhealthy competition |
| 教育内卷 | jiào yù nèi juǎn | unhealthy competition in education |
| 特黑 | tè hēi | Tesla hater |
| 绝不妥协 | jué bù tuǒ xié | never compromise |
| 进行监管约谈 | jìn xíng jiān guǎn yuē tán | invited to engage in a regulatory chat |
| 二选一 | èr xuǎn yī | the practice of forcing merchants to use one of two platforms |
| 反垄断调查 | fǎn lǒng duàn diào chá | anti-trust investigation |
| 内卷化 | nèi juǎn huà | unhealthy competition |