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【Catch Phrase】不可描述(bù kě miáo shù)

Writer:   | Editor: 杨梅  | From:  | Updated: 2016-12-05

Meaning:

Literally this term means “undescribable.” In April this year, a piece of news posted by Guangzhou Daily Weibo used the term to describe a couple having sex in their car parked in a tunnel on an expressway in Hubei Province in the wee hours. A traffic policeman knocked on their car window for a few minutes before the two opened the door. They gave a weird explanation for their conduct, saying they were too tired to drive and needed some stimulus to help them focus. Netizens found the phrase “undescribable” a hilarious euphemism, and have since used it to refer to sex, especially sex in not quite appropriate situations.

Example:

A: 小丽和男朋友分手了。

Xiǎolì hé nánpéngyǒu fēnshǒu le。

Xiaoli broke up with her boyfriend.

B: 为什么?

Wèi shénme?

Why?

A: 她出差提前回来去找他,发现他和一个陌生女人在不可描述。

Tā chūchāi tíqián huílái qù zhǎo tā, fāxiàn tā hé yīgè mòshēng nǚrén zài bùkěmiáoshù。

She was back early from a business trip and went to his place, but caught him doing the “undescribable” (having sex) with a woman she didn’t know.

(Edited by Stephanie Yang)