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中国速度 (Chinese PinYin: [zhōng guó sù dù]; traditional Chinese:中國速度) may mean: (1) noun. China speed; (2) noun. Chinese speed; (3) noun. China’s speed; (4) noun. China’s efficiency. Literally: 中国 (China) + 速度 (speed). Over the years China has become known for the breathtaking speed of its development, in particular in the filed of infrastructure construction. Thus, China’s speed usually refers to high speed in construction and large-scale projects such as the construction of high-speed railways, aircraft carriers, sea-crossing bridges and super-bridges, which is far exceeding the speed found in other countries. Today, the word China speed is more and more accepted as a term to describe and explain such phenomenon of fast development.

仙侠剧 (Chinese PinYin: [xiān xiá jù]; traditional Chinese:仙俠劇) may mean: (1) noun. fairy martial arts dramas. Literally: 仙 (fairy; goddess) +侠 (martial arts) + 剧 (drama). Fairy martial arts dramas are usually based on the fairy martial arts novels (or games), it is a newly created form of literature which often involves immortals, god and demon. Therefore, fairy martial arts dramas are more imaginative and unrestrained compared to traditional martial arts Chinese dramas. Recent classic fairy martial arts dramas include: Chinese Paladin (仙剑奇侠传), Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms (三生三世十里桃花), Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky (轩辕剑之天之痕), The Legends Of Swords (古剑奇谭), The Journey of Flower (花千骨) and Fighter of the Destiny (择天记).

朴槿惠 (Hangul: 박근혜; Chinese PinYin: [piáo jǐn huì]; traditional Chinese:樸槿惠) may mean: (1) Park Geun-hye, the former President of South Korea (from 2013 to 2017); (2) noun. Chinese translation of the Korean name Park Geun-hye. Park Geun-hye served as 11th President of South Korea, she was impeached by the National Assembly on charges related to influence peddling by her top aide, Choi Soon-sil, in 2016 and later jailed over corruption allegations.

蓝鲸游戏 (also 俄罗斯死亡游戏; Chinese PinYin: [lán jīng yóu xì]; traditional Chinese:藍鯨遊戲) may mean: (1) noun. Blue Whale game; (2) noun. Blue Whale suicide challenge; (3) noun. Blue Whale Challenge; (4) noun. Russian Deadly Game Literally: 蓝 (blue) + 鲸 (whale) +游戏 (game). The game originated in the Russian-based VKontakte social network and reportedly consists of a series of tasks assigned to teenager players by administrators over a 50-day period, with the final challenge requiring the player to commit suicide.

把尿 (Chinese PinYin: [bǎ niào]; traditional Chinese: 把尿) may mean: (1) verb. to help sb pee; (2) verb. help a small child urinate by holding his / her legs apart; (3) verb. to encourage a baby to pee. Literally: 把 (hold) + 尿 (urine). Parents help or encourage infants to pee regularly to help their kids gradually stop using diapers. Some example phrases and expressions are: 把屎把尿 (encourage infants to pee and poop), 给…把尿 (help sb pee), 把尿的习惯 (the tradition of helping an infant to pee).

比心 (also 单手比心; Chinese PinYin: [bǐ xīn]; traditional Chinese:比心) may mean: (1) verb. make a heart with one’s hands; (2) make a finger heart, a gesture created by crossing the thumb and index finger; (3) finger heart gesture; (4) a social app. Literally: 比 (to gesture) + 心 (heart). It is a popular network buzzword, people make a heart shape to express their love or affection.

撸起袖子加油干 (also 撸起袖子; Chinese PinYin: [lū qǐ xiù zǐ jiā yóu gàn]; traditional Chinese:擼起袖子加油幹) may mean: (1) Roll up our sleeves to work harder. Literally: 撸起 (roll up) + 袖子 (sleeves) + 加油 (harder) + 干 (work). It is quoted from the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s 2017 New Year Message, which has been widely used as one of top popular sentences in the public to encourage more hardworking. In December 2017, “Roll up our sleeves to work harder” was rated as one of the 2017 China Top Ten buzzwords.

大吉大利晚上吃鸡 (also 吃鸡 or 晚上吃鸡; Chinese PinYin: [dà jí dà lì wǎn shàng chī jī]; traditional Chinese:大吉大利晚上吃雞) may mean: (1) translation of “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner”. The popular network buzzword comes from the game Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds (When you win in the game, you will see this message), but it originated from the Las Vegas in the 1970s (if the player won, then they would have enough money to buy a chicken dinner).

扎心了老铁 (also 老铁，扎心了; Chinese PinYin: [zhā xīn le lǎo tiě]; traditional Chinese:紮心了老鐵) may mean: (1) it touches my heart, my friends; (2) it hurts, buddies; (3) my heart is broken, bro. Literally: 扎 (stab) + 心 (heart) + 了(already) + 老铁 (old friends). The term is a buzzword that has gone wild on the internet, it originates from the dialect of Northeast China.

打Call (Chinese PinYin: [dǎ Call]; traditional Chinese: 打Call ) may mean: (1) verb. to cheer for/on someone; (2) verb. To offer full support to sb; (3) verb. to put one’s glow stick up for somebody; (4) verb. to move one’s glow stick for somebody. Literally: 打 (hit; move;) + Call (a loud cry). It is a Chinese-English-mixed buzzword that has gone wild on the internet.