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速食婚姻(sù shí hūn yīn)
instant marriage
The term refers to a very quick marriage between two people who only started their relationship a short time ago. This term comes from instant noodles, which are fast to make to satisfy one’s hunger but don’t contain much nutrition.
向日葵族(xiàng rì kuí zú)
sunflower clan
The term is used to refer to people who, just like a sunflower, always look on the bright side of life and are resilient to pressure as they easily forget about unhappiness. They are different to the “strawberry clan,” people who don’t handle pressure or setbacks well even though they look good.
男人月经期(nán rén yuè jīng qī)
manstruation
It is said that men experience psychological menstruation, which can be seen by a periodic bad temper, low mood and lack of interest in romance and sex.
微博保姆(wēi bó bǎo mǔ)
microblog operations administrator
It is a nickname for someone who maintains a company’s microblog. The person tries to create topics to attract more followers while also explaining negative comments about the firm. The Chinese term literally translates as microblog housemaid.
笃定(dǔ dìng)
Confident, serene, certain, sure
People believe that this term is related to a bridge in neighboring Wu County. When a master was building the bridge the county magistrate passed by. The magistrate didn’t think the bridge was being built correctly and warned that it could collapse later.
Three months later, the magistrate sent one of his aides to check the bridge. When the aide got there, he saw many people leisurely sitting on the bridge. He asked them: “Isn’t this bridge dangerous?” Someone answered: “No. This bridge was built by a master. It has perfectly vertical piers and a flawless arch. It’s called 笃定(dǔ dìng).”
Since then, locals have been using this term to describe people who are in a peaceful state of mind or resting assured. It may also be used to show one’s confidence as “I can 笃定(dǔ dìng) finish my job on time.”
In order to further underscore one’s confidence, people have added 泰山(tài shān), the name of a famous mountain in east China, to this term to create the new phrase “笃定泰山" (dǔ dìng tài shān) to mean fully confident and 100 percent sure.
Another variation of this phrase is a reduplication: “笃笃定定" (dǔ dǔ dìng dìng). It may be used to mean someone is doing something in an unhurried manner or with a measured pace.