{"id":9705,"date":"2019-11-19T03:08:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T03:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-words-phrases\/omg-chinese-buzzwords-29\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T03:08:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T03:08:59","slug":"omg-chinese-buzzwords-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/my\/omg-chinese-buzzwords-29\/","title":{"rendered":"OMG! Chinese Buzzwords! (29)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u5403\u751f\u6d3b(ch\u012b sh\u0113ng huó)
To be beaten up, be hit (accidently)<\/p>\n

This phrase has two parts: the first part \u5403 , meaning "eat," and the second part \u751f\u6d3b , meaning literally "life." However, this does not mean "eating up a life," because in the vernacular, \u751f\u6d3b may also mean "chore" or "job."<\/p>\n

For instance, if you want to know whether your friend has land a job, you may ask: "Have you found a \u751f\u6d3b ?"<\/p>\n

Actually, this phrase has nothing to do with either "eat," "chore" or "job." At least, not directly. It means being beaten up and usually it’s the parents who beat their kids or the elder o<\/em>nes who beat the younger o<\/em>nes as a punishment.<\/p>\n

Some people believe this phrase came from the co<\/em>nfusion between \u751f\u6d3b and what the locals call draught animals. The sense came from beating the animals with a stick or whip to drive them on.<\/p>\n

Others say that the meaning of "being beaten up" came from the tools used to do a job, such as rulers, spades or brooms, for they were frequently used by masters to hit their apprentices or parents to beat and punish their children.<\/p>\n

Most locals, however, have no idea a<\/em>bout the origin of this term, but they all use it to mean "being beaten up."<\/p>\n

Sometimes, it is used to mean that one is hit by something accidently, while doing a job or carrying out a task. For example, when someone hits his own thumb while hammering a nail, he may say: "My left thumb \u5403\u4e86\u4e00\u8bb0\u751f\u6d3b," meaning "My left thumb was accidently hit (by the hammer)."<\/p>\n

\u7275\u4e1d\u6500\u85e4(qi\u0101n s\u012b bàn téng)
To dilly-dally, move sluggishly, dawdle, linger<\/p>\n

This literally means being stuck in tangled silk threads or entwined vines. This is annoying because it usually takes great patience and painstaking effort to disentangle oneself.<\/p>\n

In the 1930s and 1940s, this might be used to imply someone was having an affair, usually an extramarital one.<\/p>\n

In modern usage, however, it usually means to dilly-dally and do things in a sluggish manner. It can also describe someone who’s a slowpoke or who has a phlegmatic temperament.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, it is used to indicate a lingering disease. For instance, one may say: "The cough has been coming and going for as long as three months. This is really \u7275\u4e1d\u6500\u85e4."<\/p>\n

\u5e2e\u5e2e\u5fd9(b\u0101ng b\u0101ng máng)
Help, give a hand, come on!, cut it out<\/p>\n

This usually means "help" or "give a hand." But as an imperative, it tells someone to stop his or her inappropriate behavior or abandon one’s attitude. It’s like saying, "Come on!" "Give me a break" or "Don’t give me that rubbish." To express absolute disapproval, you one may add "\u670b\u53cb" to this phrase and say: "\u670b\u53cb\u5e2e\u5e2e\u5fd9!" .<\/p>\n

\u9ed1\u4e1d\u5e26(h\u0113i s\u012b dài)
fourth-generation stealth fighter jet
The nickname Chinese military fans have given to the fourth-generation stealth fighter plane that took a test flight recently in Chengdu. The ex<\/em>pression literally means black ribbon as the plane is black and \u4e1d\u5e26is pro<\/em>nounced in Chinese similar to \u56db\u4ee3, the Chinese for fourth-generation.
<\/div>\n