{"id":15149,"date":"2019-12-03T00:37:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T00:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-words-phrases\/omg-chinese-buzzwords-1\/"},"modified":"2019-12-03T00:37:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T00:37:25","slug":"omg-chinese-buzzwords-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/omg-chinese-buzzwords-1\/","title":{"rendered":"OMG! Chinese Buzzwords! (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

\t\u6f02\u8001\u65cf\uff08<\/strong>pi<\/strong>\u0101o l<\/strong>\u01ceo z<\/strong>ú\uff09<\/strong>
\tdrifting parents<\/strong><\/strong>
\tChinese parents who move temporarily to large cities where their adult children work in order to help care for their grandchildren and do household chores before children are old enough to go to school.<\/p>\n

\t\u7eb8\u5f20\u7656<\/strong>(zh<\/strong>\u01d0zh<\/strong>\u0101ng p<\/strong>ì)<\/strong>
\tpaperphilia<\/strong><\/strong>
\tA deep appreciation for the aesthetic qualities of paper and the preference for reading materials printed on paper rather than displayed on a screen. The resurgence of paperphilia rekindled people’s love for simple arts and handcrafts.<\/p>\n

\t\u53cd\u6f6e\u65cf<\/strong>(f<\/strong>\u01cen ch<\/strong>áo z<\/strong>ú)<\/strong>
\ttrend-bender<\/strong><\/strong>
\tContrarians who buck the trends. They ride a bike to work when they can afford a car, write snail-mail whenever possible in preference to e-mail and prefer reading “real” books and publications instead of e-books.<\/p>\n

\t\u53cd\u5b63\u6dd8<\/strong>(f<\/strong>\u01cen j<\/strong>ìt<\/strong>áo)<\/strong>
\toff-season shopping<\/strong><\/strong>
\tPurchasing winter clothing in summer or the other way around to save money in big off-season discounts.<\/p>\n

\t\u7a7f\u8d8a\u5267<\/strong>(chu<\/strong>\u0101n yu<\/strong>èj<\/strong>ù)<\/strong>
\ttime-travel TV drama<\/strong><\/strong>
\tA popular new TV series genre in which people in modern times travel to the past; or people from the past jump to the present or future times. Recent hits include “Startling by Each Step” and “Palace.”<\/p>\n

\t\u7626\u4eba\u57fa\u56e0<\/strong>\uff08<\/strong>sh<\/strong>òu r<\/strong>én j<\/strong>\u012by<\/strong>\u012bn<\/strong>\uff09<\/strong>
\tskinny gene<\/strong><\/strong>
\tBritish and Swiss scientists have discovered that people with duplications of chromosome 16 were more likely to be skinny after studying the DNA of over 95,000 people. One out of every 2,000 people is affected by the lean gene, which can make men 23 times and women five times more likely to be underweight.<\/p>\n

\t\u5934\u50cf\u6027\u683c<\/strong>\uff08<\/strong>t<\/strong>óu xi<\/strong>àng x<\/strong>ìng g<\/strong>é\uff09<\/strong>
\tprofile picture character<\/strong><\/strong>
\tIt refers to an online trend to guess a netizen’s character from his or her profile picture on social networking sites. According to the theory developed by netizens, women who use there own photos usually have a strong spirit, lots of energy and are charismatic. Those who use pictures of aggressive foreign women tend to be weak and shy, they say.<\/p>\n