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ID: 7460 Elementary
One of our viewers asked us to review "Hip Internet Terms." So here is a little Chinese CyberSpeak! Some are short phrases. Some consists of a new meaning for an old expression. But all of them are packed with meaning. Knowing these will help you read with clearer understanding. Using them will show that you are 'plugged in' to the latest language trends.
Jenny,Grace
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
流行网络用语
liúxíng 流行Wǎngluò 网络yòngyǔ 用语
Hip internet terms
怼:这个字的读音为du ǐ在北方方言中用于表达用手推撞或用语言反驳在网络中常用怼来反驳对方带有语言挑衅的意味
duǐ 怼 :zhège 这个zì 字de 的dúyīn 读音wèi 为du ǐ du ǐzài 在běifāng 北方Fāngyán 方言zhōng 中yòngyú 用于biǎodá 表达yòng 用shǒu 手tuī 推zhuàng 撞huò 或yòng 用yǔyán 语言fǎnbó 反驳zài 在Wǎngluò 网络zhōng 中chángyòng 常用duǐ 怼lái 来fǎnbó 反驳duìfāng 对方dàiyǒu 带有yǔyán 语言tiǎoxìn 挑衅de 的yìwèi 意味
怼: The pronunciation "duǐ" is used in the northern dialect to express "a nudge or a push "or "to rebut with language". On the web, "怼" is often used to refute the other party, with a hint of provocation.
扎心了老铁
zhā 扎xīn 心le 了lǎo 老tiě 铁
Heartache (Something hurts or moves me), my friend or my brother
贫穷限制了我的想象力:有钱人的生活你无法想象虽然是一句玩笑话但多少有些扎心的确每天吃馒头的孩子根本无法想象满汉全席的滋味
pínqióng 贫穷xiànzhì 限制le 了wǒ 我de 的xiǎngxiànglì 想象力 :yǒuqiánrén 有钱人de 的shēnghuó 生活nǐ 你wúfǎ 无法xiǎngxiàng 想象suīrán 虽然shì 是yījù 一句wánxiàohuà 玩笑话dàn 但duōshao 多少yǒuxiē 有些zhāxīn 扎心díquè 的确měitiān 每天chī 吃mántou 馒头de 的háizi 孩子gēnběnwúfǎ 根本无法xiǎngxiàng 想象MǎnHànquánxí 满汉全席de 的zīwèi 滋味
Poverty limits my imagination: You cannot imagine the lives of wealthy people. Although it is said as a joke, it is somewhat " Zha1 Xin1". It is true that the children who eat steamed bread every day cannot imagine the taste of a formal banquet of Manchurian and Chinese delicacies.
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