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空军(kong1jun1)

believer in housing price drop

This term, meaning literally “airforce,” is now used to describe people who insist that housing prices will drop. They have waited for years but finding prices keep rising to new highs. The word “air” in Chine se may also mean “empty” or “nothingness.”

城市依赖症(cheng3shi4 yi1lai4zheng4)

city addiction

This term refers to people who refuse to live outside cities because they are used to the colorful and convenient life. They would rather live in cities with no jobs than live in suburban areas with good opportunities.

后群体(hou4qun2ti3)

post-x generation

Now many people like to label “post-80” to those born in the 1980s and accuse them of being too indulgent in material pleasures. “Post-70” and “post-60” and post-whatever are also popular in daily conversation and media reports. But it’s hard to say that all people in one

generation have the same characteristics.

文化低保(wen2hua4 di1bao3)

cultural access initiative

This Chinese term combines the word “culture” a nd “minimum assurance” as from the minimum social security system to mean providing disadvantaged groups of people with the basic access to cultural activities. For instance, a county government promises each year to bring at least one art performance, six movies and one new book per person to villagers living in remote mountainous areas.

洋腐败(yang2 fu3bai4)

foreign corruption

This term refers to the practice of taking all kinds of bribes from foreign companies. With more and more overseas companies moving into this country, the crime continues to rise. Now, the state legislature has been urged to introduce laws to fight this fraud.

孔雀女(kong3que4nv3)

peacock woman

This term refers to women who grow up in a wealthy family in big cities and never worry about money. Their family takes good care of them and never lets them do any housework. However, when they fall in love with a “phoenix men,”which refers to a hard-working man from rural areas, they will have many conflicts because of their different habits and attitudes towards money.

秒杀(miao3sha1)

speed kill

The word is always used i n online games when the “boss” or opponent is so strong that he or she kills the player within seconds.

免费素食主义者(mian3fei4 su4shi2zhu3yi4zhe3) Freegan

This term, a portmanteau of “free” and “vegan,” refers to people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources.