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\t\u73bb\u7483\u96e8(b<\/strong>\u014d li y<\/strong>\u01da)<\/strong>
\tshards of falling glass<\/strong><\/strong>
\tThe term literally means rainfall of glass sheets. Several accidents in which glass sheets fell from buildings whose exterior walls consisted of glass blocks have occurred recently in Shanghai and Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. A woman's lower leg was cut off last month by a shard of glass falling from a building in Hangzhou.<\/p>\n

\tH2O<\/strong>\u65cf(H2O z<\/strong>ú)<\/strong>
\thome to office clan<\/strong><\/strong>
\tInstead of juggling between work and family, this group of people, usually aged 25-35, enjoy a slow-paced and low-carbon lifestyle. They remain calm and composed even when stressed at work or in daily life.<\/p>\n

\t\u9ad8\u94c1\u4f53(g<\/strong>\u0101o ti<\/strong>\u011b t<\/strong>\u01d0)<\/strong>
\tgaotie style<\/strong><\/strong>
\tGaotie means high-speed bullet train. The phrase refers to an online frenzy to use the words of the spokesperson of the Railway Ministry to mock his arrogance and improper response at a press conference following last month’s train crash in Wenzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province. After the deadly collision on July 23, Wang Yongping said regarding the explanation that the carriage of the bullet train was buried to carry out a swift rescue, “I don’t care if you believe it or not. I just do!” This sentence quickly became a catchphrase and Internet meme.<\/p>\n

\t\u52fe\u5151\u98df\u54c1(g<\/strong>\u014du du<\/strong>ì sh<\/strong>í p<\/strong>\u01d0n)<\/strong>
\tblended food<\/strong><\/strong>
\tIn a series of recent food scandals, eateries admitted some dishes or beverages were not freshly made in the kitchen. Instead, they were either blended from concentrated liquids or made from powders. KFC acknowledged its soybean milk was made from powders after a picture of boxes of powders piled in front of a KFC restaurant in south China’s Guangzhou was posted online.<\/p>\n

\t\u7761\u7f8e\u4eba\u6761\u6b3e(shu<\/strong>ì m<\/strong>\u011bi r<\/strong>én ti<\/strong>áo ku<\/strong>\u01cen)<\/strong>
\tsleeping legal terms<\/strong><\/strong>
\tIt refers to those legal terms which have never been implemented in real life. They are just like the fictional character Sleeping Beauty who has not been awakened.<\/p>\n

\t\u94ef\u725b(s<\/strong>è ni<\/strong>ú)<\/strong>
\tbeef tainted with radioactive caesium<\/strong><\/strong>
\tThe phrase refers to tainted beef in which unsafe levels of radioactive caesium has been detected after a devastating earthquake struck northeast Japan and damaged its nuclear plants causing radiation leaks in March.<\/p>\n

\t\u5973\u5deb\u60c5\u7ed3(n<\/strong>\u01da w<\/strong>\u016b q<\/strong>íng ji<\/strong>é)<\/strong>
\tfortune-telling complex<\/strong><\/strong>
\tThis term refers to the popularity of fortune-telling among white-collar workers, especially women. People use fortune-telling as well as divination to predict their possibilities in work, life and love. It has become a fashionable way to seek suggestions, spiritual or practical guidance or affirmation, and a way to ease the pressure of a fast-paced life.<\/p>\n