Tag: chinese buzzwords

微博控(wēi bó kòng)twuiltBorrowed from the English buzzword, a portmanteau of twitter and guilt, describing the guilty feeling you have when you haven’t posted a twitter comment online recently.

总队长(zǒng duì zhāng) captain pioneer  A photo of 13-year-old schoolboy Huang Yibo, better-known as the deputy director of the all-Wuhan

暴力行善(bào lì xíng shàn)
violent charitable act
Last month animal lovers stopped a truckfull of dogs destined for dinner tables and forced the owner to sell the canines to them on a Beijing highway. Though the aim was charitable and laudable, some people said animal lovers had no right to hijack vehicles.

辣度等级(là dù děng jí) spice rating The China Condiment Industrial Association has worked out its first draft on a national

麦兜族(mài dōu zú) McDull clan It refers to those young people in large cities who work hard, stand on their

云服务(yún fú wù) iCloud ICloud is the latest branding of Apple’s cloud computing services, which has previously been branded as

阴滋病(yīn zī bìng)
HIV-negative AIDS disease
A Hong Kong-based newspaper reported that some people with AIDS-like symptoms without detectable evidence of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, claimed to have caught an unknown "HIV-negative AIDS disease." The Ministry of Health dismissed the allegation, adding that so-called patients may be suffering from a fear of getting AIDS.

盐荒子孙(yán huāng zǐ sūn)
panicked salt buyers
The crowds of Chinese who rushed to buy salt in the belief it would protect them from radiation from last month’s Japanese nuclear plant crisis that might reach China and cause health problems.

健美猪(jiàn měi zhū)
lean-meat pig
Pigs that are fed illegal additive clenbuterol, also known as "lean meat powder," to speed up muscle building and lower the fat content for better sales. Excessive consumption of clenbuterol-tainted pork can lead to health problems. The term spread widely after the additive was found in products from China’s largest meat processor last month.

假自闭(jiǎ zì bì) pseud-autism Some office workers show symptoms of autism at home after a hard day or week’s work,