麻辣酷词★山寨 THE word “shanzhai (山寨)” is used for products that are copies of famous brands (品牌) or which describe a person who looks like a particular celebrity, for example, “shanzhai shouji (山寨 ……

麻辣酷词★低头族Have you ever been chatting to a friend and felt sorry for interrupting the flow to reply... as “phubbing”.The word first appeared in 2012. It is a combination of the noun phone and verb snub (冷落 ……

麻辣酷词★低头族Have you ever been chatting to a friend and felt sorry for interrupting the flow to reply... as “phubbing”.The word first appeared in 2012. It is a combination of the noun phone and verb snub (冷落 ……

麻辣酷词★DUANGDUANG has been all over the Internet since Feb 24. But do you really know what it means? It is an onomatopoetic (拟声的) word which doesn’t go with any particular Chinese character.Its story ……

【麻辣酷词】雷人ON its own, the word “雷” means “thunder”. But when it is used in expressions like “bei lei dao” (被雷到) or “lei ren” (雷人), the meaning is completely different. “雷”是形容某人的言谈或行为让人感到很无语，很无奈，使人 ……

麻辣酷词★大咖“Ka” was transliterated (音译为) from casting (角色分配). In Southern Fujian dialect, “daka” is referred to someone who is important, respectable or an expert in one field.“Daka” first got its ……

麻辣酷词★吐槽“Tucao” in Taiwan is translated from “tsukkomi” in Japanese and then becoming popular in the mainland.“Tsukkomi” and “boke” are the two roles of mancai, a kind of combination in Japanese ……

麻辣酷词★放水“Fangshui” literally means to let water out.Now it is used to describe a certain bad behavior in all kinds of contests that a contestant who is qualified enough intentionally performs poorly ……

麻辣酷词你会“批判性观看”吗？“Hate-watching” is the activity of regularly (经常地) watching a television program which you think is extremely bad.You do so because you get a considerable (相当多的) amount of pleasure ……

麻辣酷词★暖男Zhang Ming, a young man working in Beijing, made a big splash (影响) with Chinese Internet users. He made a 9-page manual (手册) showing his parents how to use the WeChat messaging system ……

麻辣酷词★QT3.14Don’t be angry if someone says you are a QT3.14. It looks like the model number of some kind of machine, but it actually means “cutie pie”.A cutie pie is someone who is considered cute ……

麻辣酷词★逆袭Your team is behind by 20 points in a basketball game. But in the last ten minutes, you keep hitting three-pointers and win in the end. In this case, people would say your team nixi ……

麻辣酷词★公车表情Have you ever noticed what other people like to do while they ride the subway?You might see someone playing with a smartphone or looking out the window. But whatever he or she does, a bus ……

麻辣酷词脸基尼To better enjoy swimming in the sea, Chinese women have started wearing a new item of clothing: the face-kini (face bikini).It covers the wearer’s whole face but leaves openings for the eyes ……

麻辣酷词★蛮拼的WHEN you are described as “manpinde”, you are trying to go past the limits (极限) of your ability.The phrase comes from the catchphrase (口头禅) of Gary Cao (曹格), a 36-year-old Malaysian singer ……