Showing posts with label buzzword. Show all posts
Showing posts with label buzzword. Show all posts

Monday, June 7, 2021

Buzzword - 割韭菜 Garlic Chives or Chinese Chives

 韭菜 - chive, a perennial plant related to the onion and having slender leaves used as a vegetable in China. Chives grow quickly and can be harvested many times during the growing season.

Recently, 韭菜 has a derived meaning - the lowest class people. 割韭菜 (harvesting the chives), meaning - the government make the people suffer by the unfair policies.

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Buzzword 流行用语: 打卡 clock in 👍


 打卡Dǎkǎ),original meaning- A worker clocks in at work using the ID card. Now people use 打卡 to prove they showed up and witnessed something in a popular place.


For example:

华盛顿首府的国家广场是游客们打卡的旅游热点。

The National Mall in Washington DC is a hotspot for tourists.


台湾货轮在苏伊士运河搁浅,成了各国卫星拍摄打卡的热点。

Taiwan's freighter ran aground on the Suez Canal, which became a photography hotspot for many countries' satellites.