OMG! Chinese Buzzwords! (8)

 

吝享族(lìn xiǎng zú)
Stingy super-spender
These are Chinese young people in urban areas who go to great lengths to make the most of their meager income and live a life they consider comfortable enough.

悔丁族(huǐ dīng zú)
DINK exit clan
These people well beyond prime reproductive age opt out of their earlier decision for a DINK (dual income no kids) family and decide to to start a family, a painful process.

维基傻瓜(wéi jī shǎ guā)
Wikiot
A fool who believes all information found on Wikipedia is accurate and true.

鸡肋捐助(jī lèi juān zhù)
SWEDOW
It is a shortened version from "stuff we don't want." The expression was coined after a huge quantity of charitable goods was sent to Indonesia following the Indian Ocean tsunami, but many of them, like drugs near expiry date, were of little use.

职场古董(zhí chǎng gǔ dǒng)
Mid-career backbones
The Chinese expression refers to those in their 30s and 40s who have accumulated sophisticated work experience and are well-versed in their posts of mid-level executives but often feel frustrated because they are pressured both from superiors above and green hands below. It literally means "job market antique."

身心俱疲症候群(shēn xīn jù pí zhèng hòu qún)
Burnout syndrome
The term means severe stress caused by work-related physical or mental trauma. A recent study by Spain’s Aragon Institute of Health Sciences showed that working more than 40 hours per week increases such “burnout” risks.

老同(lǎo tóng)
Sisterhood
The term appeared in the movie "Snowflake and the Secret Fan" (2011) and earlier book of the same name, referring an exclusive and life-long relationship between two women in 19th-century China.

最恶心食物榜(zuì  ě  xīn shí wù bǎng)
Top 10 disgusting foods
CNN recently released a list of the 10 most disgusting foods people eat. China’s pi dan, or preseved eggs, was on the list along with dog meat in Korea and Cambodia’s fried tarantulas.

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