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In the Chinese language, many phrases sometimes can’t be interpreted literally because they may have quite opposite meanings.  "\u5947(qí)"<\/strong> originally means “rare,” and "\u8469(p\u0101)"<\/strong> means flower or flora. When the two characters are put together, we can easily see that the literally meaning of "\u5947\u8469(qí p\u0101)"<\/strong> is “precious and beautiful flower.” But in our daily conversation, its usage usually co<\/em>nfuses beginners. <\/p>\n

              xi\u01ceo zh\u0101ng  zh\u0113n k\u011b wèi  shì  y\u012b gè  “qí p\u0101 ”
Xiao Lin\uff1a\u5c0f\u5f20 \u771f\u53ef\u8c13 \u662f \u4e00\u4e2a “\u5947\u8469”\u3002
<\/strong>                Xiao Zhang is really a “qi pa”.<\/p>\n

              wéi shí me ne \uff1f
Simon: \u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u5462\uff1f
<\/strong>              Why?<\/p>\n

                  t\u0101 j\u012bng cháng bú x\u01d0 li\u01cen \uff0cméi rén néng r\u011bn shòu t\u0101
Xiao Lin\uff1a\u4ed6\u7ecf\u5e38\u4e0d\u6d17\u8138\uff0c\u6ca1\u4eba\u80fd\u5fcd\u53d7\u4ed6<\/strong>\u3002
                  He usually doesn’t wash his face, and nobody can stand him.<\/p>\n

             w\u01d2 hái y\u01d0 wéi n\u01d0 ku\u0101 t\u0101 zh\u01ceng dé g\u0113n hu\u0101 sì de
Simon: \u6211\u8fd8\u4ee5\u4e3a\u4f60\u5938\u4ed6\u957f\u5f97\u8ddf\u82b1\u4f3c\u7684\u3002<\/strong>
             I thought you praised him for being as beautiful as a flower.<\/p>\n

Currently, the word “\u5947\u8469(qíp\u0101)” is very popular amo<\/em>ngst younger people. But, as you might guess, it has lost its original meaning and taken on a new one. “\u5947\u8469” is often used to describe someone or something that is very odd or unusual.<\/p>\n

A person who is a “\u5947\u8469(qíp\u0101)” always takes strange actions and does things that average people find to be out of the norm and perhaps hard to understand. Plus, the word adds a taste of ridicule and irony and can be used as both a noun and as an adjective.<\/p>\n

Take a look at the following example, using the literal meaning of “\u5947\u8469”:
 
Example:<\/strong>
 
Xu\u011blián shì hu\u0101 zh\u014dng de qíp\u0101.
\u96ea\u83b2\u662f\u82b1\u4e2d\u7684\u5947\u8469\u3002<\/strong>
The snow lotus is a rare and exotic flower.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n