【Catch Phrase】套路贷(tàolùdài)
This term, coined by Chinese media earlier this month, refers to a series of tricks used by some small loan companies that aim to swindle borrowers of their real estate properties.
2017-03-30
【Catch Phrase】盐对应(yánduìyìng)
"盐" means "salt," and "对应" means "response." Originating from Japanese, this term describes the cold response often from pop idols that leaves fans feeling unsatisfied.
2017-03-28
【Catch Phrase】社交破产(shèjiāo pòchǎn)
"社交" means to "socialize," and "破产" is "bankrupcy." Translated from the English term "social bankruptcy," it refers to the condition of being so overwhelmed by social media that the only solution is to close all one's accounts."
2017-03-27
【Catch Phrase】铃声幻听症(língshēng huàntīng zhèng)
“铃声” means “ring,” “幻听” means “illusion of hearing something,” and “症” is an “illness.” This term corresponds to the English word “ringxiety,” coined by cramming together “ring” and “anxiety.”
2017-03-23
【Catch Phrase】晒娃(shàiwá)
“晒” means to “expose,” and “娃” means children. The corresponding English word sharenting is a term used to describe the overuse of social media by parents to share content based on their children.
2017-03-21
【Catch Phrase】荷兰式开门(hélán shì kāi chēmén)
Literally the term means “the way people open a car door in the Netherlands.”
2017-03-21
【Catch Phrase】粉红噪音(fěnhóng zàoyīn)
Literally translated from English, "pink noise" has a frequency such that its power spectral density is inversely proportional to its frequency. On the sound frequency spectrum, pink falls between white and red noise, also known as Brownian noise.
2017-03-21
