Session 2 Chinese to English Flashcards
梗
A meme or joke, pun
Gěng
牛啊!
A response to something really impressive or awesome, where you really admire someone (佩服). Can also be sarcastic
Niú a
牛逼
Adjective to describe someone’s awesome behavior or mad skills. Can also be sarcastic.
Niú bī
(内)卷
Really high pressure, over-achieving and overworking type of person or atmosphere. A try-hard.
工作或者学习环境
Example sentence: 我们这个同事很卷，根本没办法追上，也没办法去约出来吃饭
(Nèi) Juǎn
躺平
Lying flat (tangping movement). Quiet quitting is the closest way to describe it. A cultural phenomenon among Chinese youth, where they feel hopeless in a very 卷 society and give up on trying.
没办法为自己的人生做决定， 不觉得自由：unable to make decisions for one’s own life, not feeling free.
Tǎng Píng
绝望
Hopeless
Juéwàng
绝了
it can express many strong emotions depending on the context. It can be a reaction of surprise or disbelief, or annoyance (in an incredulous way).
她对我的要求太离谱了。Her expectations of me are too extreme.
Juéle
吐槽
To complain or vent about something. 大家喜欢一起吐槽我们的上司
Tǔcáo
视频
Video, channel
Shìpín
频道
Video, channel
Píndào
画面
Image or screen being displayed, picture
Huàmiàn
卡
As a verb, it means to freeze or buffer (as in a video or call breaking up)
Kǎ
以为。。。其实
To think (incorrectly)… but actually ….
Yǐwéi… Qíshí
事实
Reality or the truth
Shìshí
差别
Difference
Chābié
区别
Difference
Qūbié
思维
Way of thinking
Sīwéi
角度
Angle, point of view
Jiǎodù
潜意识
Subconscious
Qiányìshí
识字
To be literate (recognize words), literacy
Shìzì
潜水
Scuba diving, snorkeling-like activities underwater
Qiánshuǐ
放大
To zoom in or expand, enlarge
Fàngdà
信号
Signal or cellular service
Xìnhào
重新
Restart, redo etc; Again
Chóngxīn
