Chinese words · 89 phrases
Slang and sayings
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- 柠檬精níngméngjīngsomeone who is openly jealous of others' success
- 拔草bácǎoto finally buy (or try) something one has been wanting
- 剁手duòshǒuto stop impulse online shopping
- 划水huáshuǐto slack off
- 笑死xiàosǐLOL
- 笑死我了xiàosí-wǒlethat's hilarious
- 破大防pòdàfángto be completely overwhelmed emotionally
- 永远的神yóngyuǎn-deshénthe greatest of all time
- 绝绝子juéjuéziabsolutely amazing (or, ironically, absolutely awful)
- 蚌埠住了bèngbu-zhùlecan't hold it together any more (pun on 绷不住了, via the city name 蚌埠)
- 我太难了wǒtài-nánlemy life is so hard
- 厉害了lìhaile(colloquial) impressive!
- 佛了fóleI've given up caring
- 慕了mùleso jealous
- 酸了suānleI'm jealous
- 麻了máleI'm numb
- 退退退tuìtuìtuìgo away!
- 裂开lièkāiI'm falling apart
- 太卷了tàijuǎnlethe competition is way too intense
- 内卷nèijuǎncutthroat, self-defeating competition where everyone works harder for no gain
- 说实话shuōshíhuàto be honest
- 好家伙hǎojiāhuo(colloquial) wow!
- 上头shàngtóuaddictive
- 下头xiàtóuoff-putting
- 画饼huàbǐngto make empty promises (esp. a boss to employees)
- 摸鱼mōyúto slack off at work
- 打工人dǎgōngrénwage worker
- 躺平tǎngpíngto opt out of the rat race
- 凡尔赛fán’ěrsàihumblebragging
- 打酱油dǎjiàngyóuto be just passing by
- 吃瓜chīguāto watch the drama unfold from the sidelines
- 吃瓜群众chīguā-qúnzhòngonlookers
- 绝了juéleamazing
- 破防pòfángto be emotionally overwhelmed
- 摆烂bǎilànto deliberately give up and let things get worse
- 社恐shèkǒngsocially anxious
- 社牛shèniúsocially fearless
- 真香zhēnxiāngI take it back, it's great (after swearing never to like it)
- 靠谱kàopǔreliable
- 双标shuāngbiāodouble standard
- 翻车fānchēto fail embarrassingly in public
- 塌房tāfáng(of a celebrity) public image collapses after a scandal
- 种草zhòngcǎoto make someone want to buy something by recommending it
- 安利ānlìto recommend enthusiastically
- 背锅bēiguōto take the blame (for someone else)
- 甩锅shuǎiguōto shift the blame onto someone else
- 带货dàihuòto promote and sell products (as an influencer)
- 阴阳怪气yīnyáng-guàiqìpassive-aggressive
- 话说huàshuō(colloquial) by the way
- 对了duìleoh, right
- 说白了shuōbáileto put it plainly
- 说真的shuōzhēndeseriously
- 讲真jiǎngzhēnhonestly
- 老实说lǎoshíshuōhonestly speaking
- 怎么说呢zěnme-shuōnehow should I put it
- 我跟你说wǒgēn-nǐshuōlet me tell you
- 你知道吗nǐzhī-dàomayou know what?
- 不管怎样bùguán-zěnyànganyway
- 好吧hǎobaOK then
- 行吧xíngbafine, whatever
- 得了吧délebacome off it
- 我的天wǒdetiānoh my god
- 天哪tiānnagood heavens!
- 所以说suóyǐshuōso
- 就是说jiùshìshuōthat is to say
- 半斤八两bànjīn-bāliǎngsix of one, half a dozen of the other
- 画大饼huàdàbǐngto make grand empty promises (esp. a boss to employees)
- 看不上kànbushàngto look down on
- 看得上kàndeshàngto think highly enough of
- 没什么大不了méishénmedàbùliǎono big deal
- 扎心zhāxīnhurts to hear
- 敢情gǎnqing(colloquial) so it turns out
- 挑事tiǎoshìto stir up trouble
- 挑事儿tiǎoshìrto stir up trouble
- 刷存在感shuācúnzàigǎnto seek attention
- 显眼包xiányǎnbāoshow-off
- 饭搭子fàndāzimeal buddy (someone one regularly eats with)
- 松弛感sōngchígǎna relaxed, easy-going air
- 大冤种dàyuānzhǒngsucker
- 闭眼入bìyǎnrùbuy without a second thought (a no-brainer purchase)
- 揪团jiūtuán(Taiwan slang) to get a group together (for an outing or a group buy)
- 爆肝bàogānto work oneself ragged
- 班味bānwèioffice-worker vibe
- 发疯文学fāfēng-wénxué"unhinged" writing (exaggerated, mock-crazy posts to vent)
- 泰酷辣tàikùlàso cool! (pun on 太酷啦)
- 尊嘟假嘟zūndū-jiǎdūreally or not? (cutesy 真的假的)
- 干饭人gànfànrénsomeone who lives to eat (self-mocking)
- 破圈pòquānto break out of one's niche
- 天选tiānxuǎnchosen by heaven