Tag: chinese language vocabulary

漂老族（piāo lǎo zú） drifting parents Chinese parents who move temporarily to large cities wher their adult children work in order

拜登吃面(bài dēng chī miàn)
Biden eats noodles
The new phrase was coined and spread quickly online. online bloggers said it means purchasing goods that greatly overvalue their actual price. They composed a sentence to explain how to use the phrase: “Don’t think about marrying me without owning a house. That’s just a Biden eats noodles dream.” The 79-yuan (US$9.4) lunch US Vice President Joe Biden had with his team at a Beijing restaurant during his visit to China last week raised suspicion that it was a publicity stunt by the US to convey the information that China should appreciate its currency.

玻璃雨(bō li yǚ) shards of falling glass The term literally means rainfall of glass sheets. Several accidents in which glass

不眠精英 （bù mián jīng yīng）
sleepless elite
This refers to a small number of people who can function well on little sleep. Universtiy of California researchers recently found that around 1 percent of the population are naturally “short sleepers” who can happily and healthily get by on four or five hours of a shut-eye a night, without needing naps or caffeine.

走绳(zǒu shéng)
Slacklining
Slacklining involves balancing and walking on a piece of bouncy nylon rope which is suspended above the ground, trees or other upright structures.

巨型光棍节(jù xíng guāng gùn jié) Super Singles Day November 11 has been designated as Singles Day by Chinese youths in

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.