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【Catch Phrase】血槽已空(xuècáo yǐkōng)

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Meaning:

“血槽” means “blood groove,” “已” means “already,” and “空” means “empty.” This four-character term is an online usage that originally refers to a state of characters in games who have lost all their blood and are about to die. Now it is often used to mean suffering immensely, internally devastated and on the verge of collapse.

Example:

A: 苏珊最近气色不太好啊,怎么回事?

Sūshān zuìjìn qìsè bù taì hǎo a, zěnme huíshì?

Susan looked a little pale and dejected recently. Did anything happen to her?

B: 她刚刚和男朋友分手,血槽已空。

Tā gānggāng hé nánpéngyǒu fēnshǒu, xuècáo yǐkōng。

She had just broken up with her boyfriend. She suffered immensely from the breakup.

A: 真希望她能快些从这件事中走出来。

Zhēn xīwàng tā néng kuàixiē cóng zhèjiànshì zhōng zǒu chūlái。

I really hope she can quickly get out of it.

B: 我也是这么希望。

Wǒ yě shì zhème xīwàng。

So do I.

(Edited by Stephanie Yang)