June 18, 2022

25 words

WordPinyinDefinition
一波三折yī bō sān zhécalligraphic flourish with many twists
上纲上线shàng gāng shàng xiànto criticize (as a matter of principle)
下坡路xià pō lùdownhill road
千篇一律qiān piān yī lǜthousand articles, same rule (idiom)
如出一辙rú chū yī zhéto be precisely the same
山寨货shān zhài huòfake
恰如其分qià rú qí fèn(idiom) appropriate
甩卖shuǎi màito mark down (the price of goods)
举步维艰jǔ bù wéi jiānto make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
躺枪tǎng qiāng(Internet slang) to get unjustly ridiculed, attacked, implicated in sth etc while just being present
钟情zhōng qíngto fall in love
顺理成章shùn lǐ chéng zhānglogical
颓势tuí shìdecline (in fortune)
风靡fēng mǐfashionable
钱味qián wèito reek of money
潮牌cháo páipopular brand
社会大哥shè huì dà gēa thug
避雷bì léistay out of trouble
破伞pò sǎnremove people in the system that protect criminals
土潮tǔ cháotacky trends
土俗tǔ súcheap local style
被黑bèi hēito be unfairly criticised
标签化biāo qiān huàto be labelled as something (negative)
寻衅滋事xún xìn zī shìpick fights and cause trouble
倒洗澡水连孩子也倒掉了dào xǐ zǎo shuǐ lián hái zi yě dào diào lethrow the baby out with the bath water