1.心塞 I can’t breathe

原是“心肌梗塞”的简称,现在被使用为,代表一种情绪,心理堵得慌、难受、说不出来的痛苦 ,周围有不顺心的事让你心里很不舒服。

It originally is the short for “myocardial infarction”,and now on the internet, is used to represents an emotion of one suffering pains but cannot to tell caused by some bothering things making you unhappy.

2.也是蛮拼的 It ispretty spell

挺努力的意思,但是即使很努力了,却没有成功,具有反讽刺意味。本是一句简单的口头语,在《爸爸去哪儿2》中被曹格多次提及,使其发扬光大,在网络上被大家所熟知并广泛传播。

It means one is really struggling, but even so, he is still unable to succeed, expressing an implication of sarcasm. This sample oral expression is frequently mentioned by a famous Chinese singer Gary Cao in the hot TV show “Where are we going? Dad (Season 2)” and is thus widely spread on the Internet and becomes well known.

3.且行且珍惜 Cherish what you have at the moment

2014年3月31日,马伊琍微愽回复文章出轨事件:“恋爱虽易,婚姻不易,且行且珍惜”。后在网络发酵,引发出网友集体大创作:
吃饭虽易,减肥不易,且吃且珍惜
偷欢虽易,转正不易,且行且珍惜

It originates from the post, on Wen Zhang’s Cheating Scandal, issued by Ma Yili (famous Chinese actress) in Weibo on March 23, 2014: Being in love is easy, being married is not. It is to be cherished.

Immediately after appearance, it rages on the Internet and activates netizens’ creation:

Eating is easy, losing weight is not; It is to be cherished.

Being concubine is easy, being wife is not; It is to be cherished.

4.挖掘机技术哪家强

Where to learn the best excavation technology

本是蓝翔技校招生的广告语,最先在网易跟贴区与百度贴吧里零星出现,后演变成网络流行语。
“挖掘技术哪家强”等成为段子手们一段时期内使用频率最高的梗儿,并在网络上演变出了古文体、学术体等多种体裁。
随后又演变为“那么问题来了:挖掘机技术哪家强”,使得该词的使用场合更加广泛。

This slogan of Shandong Lanxiang Senior Technical School for student recruiting is only sporadically used in Netease and Baidu Tieba and gradually developed into a network buzz word.

Such expressions as“Where to learn the best excavation technology” becomes the materials most frequently used by those issuinginteresting posts for some time and evolve into catch words in many forms like ancient style and academic style.

Recently, it has been modified into “Now comes the question: where to learn the best excavation technology?” and become applicable to more situations.

5.伐开心要包包 Cutting happy to bag

“伐开心要包包要四个”是形容一个人心情不高兴,在情人面前撒娇发嗲,求安慰。要买包包来满足爱美之心,也想要抱抱来心疼一下。要四个是因为故事主人公是一条龙,它有四个爪爪,所以要四个包包。现成为时下最热门的撒娇用语。

“Cutting happy to bag, four!” is used to describe that one is unhappy and plays the woman in front of her lover for comfort. She wants to buy bags for beauty and also wants a hug for comfort. “Four” is because in the tale the leading character is a dragon who have four claws, so it wants four bags. Now this expression has become the hottest one to play the woman。

6.补刀 Cutter radius compensation

又称补兵,是魔兽争霸3术语,指的是抢最后一次攻击杀死小兵的技术。
后来泛指DOTA等多人即时对战游戏中,通过对小兵的最后一次攻击获取金钱的行为。
在某些社交网络也用于指,打击人时给人最后一击。

Also known as “killing blow”, means the techniques of doing the last attack on a player so he/she dies.

And later, it is used to the act of doing the last attack on a player to obtain money in MMORPGs like DOTA.

In some social networks, it is also used to indicate the last attack of hitting someone with words or acts.

7.怎么破 How to break

日常口语,是怎么办的意思。也是“怎么破解”的意思。

A daily oral expression to indicate the meaning of “How to do”, i.e. “how to deal with it”.

8.有钱就是任性 Whatever, I’m rich

有钱就是任性是网友调侃一件诈骗事件而引用的网络流行语,并在各大网络平台渐火。本意是对于有钱人的做事风格具有嘲讽语义,而现今多出于好友间或者微博空间论坛上调侃用语。

The expression “Whatever, I’m rich” is a catchword on the Internet referenced by netizens joking on a fraud case and gradually become hot on major network platforms. Its is originally used to ridicule the acting style of the rich and now used as an expression to joke friends or tease something or somebody on Weibo, QQ Zone and discussion forums.

9.手滑 do…at will

本意指因粗心大意而造成操作失误。现被用为,故意做的,却说是失误造成的。
例如:粉丝声讨刘诗诗,吴奇隆点赞此微博,后解释称手滑。

It originally means the misoperation due to carelessness and now is used to describe a person do something deliberately but argue that he has done it unintentionally.

E.g.: Nicky Wu,a famous Chinese actor, once taped “Like” on the post his fans put on Weibo to criticize his girlfriend Shishi Liu and soon afterwards he argued that he just done it unintentionally.

10.明明病 When disease

明明病,是网络新词,并非疾病,却带有普遍性。
比如明知道该减肥,却总也忍受不了美食的诱惑;明知道该努力工作,可还是得过且过。有时候,有些事明明知道不该做,可还是手欠、脑缺、忍不住。
对于这类症状,很多网友表示同感,并将这种疾病称为“2014年最高大上的不治之症”。

A new world on the Internet which is not a real disease but is universal.

For example, a person can not resist the temptation of delicious food knowing that he should lose weight, still muddle along knowing that he should work hard. Sometimes, even knowing that you should not do something, but you still cannot help doing it.

For these symptoms,many netizens have same feelings and call it as the “The Most High-end Incurable Disease in 2014”

11.怪我咯 I blame

“怪我咯”和“都是时臣的错”,网络新词,时臣是动漫人物,啥坏事都归咎到时臣身上,只要是不好的都可以。时臣就会说:“怪我咯”。

This catchword and “It’s Tohsaka Tokiomi’sfault” are new words on the Internet. Tohsaka Tokiomi is an character in a cartoon,in which he is blamed for almost all bad things, and always says “So, it’s my fault?”.

12.不忍直视 Could not open

不忍直视指的是网络上面很暴漏的图片,或者很惨的事件,让人看了以后心里不舒服,而不是有愉悦感,不忍心一直盯着看,目光无法停留。
在实际生活中,不忍直视也有害羞的意思。另外,常用于形容事物或行为特别令人惊讶或恶心等。

It is used to describe that some scantily clad pictures or very miserable incidents will make people who see them uncomfortable and they do not want to stare at them.

In real life, it also has the meaning of“shy”. Additionally, it is usually to describe the things or behaviors astonishing or disgusting.

13.上天台 gotodie

2014年世界杯期间出现的网络新词,是跳楼的意思。是说买足彩的人把身家都投在了足彩上,却因冷门而一贫如洗,调侃说自己产生上天台跳楼的念头。

A new network catchword appearing during the 2014 World Cup, referring to jumping from a building. It originated from the case: a person invests all his asset in football lottery but finally becomes as poor as a church mouse and he is so sad that want to go to the roof and jump from here.

14.小鲜肉 Small meat

主要是指年龄在12~18岁之间的性格纯良,感情经历单纯,没有太多的情感经验,并且长相美丽的女生,也指年龄在12~25岁之间的性格纯良,感情经历单纯,没有太多情感经验,并且长相俊俏的男生。
曾有人将“小鲜肉”们称为“萌系产物”:不高高在上,也不自视甚高,都有接地气的可爱,以卖萌为主。

It mainly refers to beautiful girls aged 12-18 or handsome boys aged 12-25 who have nice personality, simple love experiences and less affective experience.

“Small Meats” is once called the “cute characters”:they are not arrogant, do not value themselves too highly and very cute but not disgusting.

15.艰拆装死 Disassembling and assembling die hard

网络新词,是“人生本艰难,万事别拆穿,你若再装逼,我定砍死你!”的缩写形式。
艰拆装死,多出现在百度贴吧、微博、论坛等公众社区平台,多为对楼主所发内容的不满。

A new network catchword short for “Life is already hard , so don’t expose the truth; if you still put on an act, I must kill you!”.

This catchword can be frequently seen on social platforms such as Baidu Tieba, Weibo and various forums, used to express dissatisfaction on the content issued by posters.

16.脑洞大开 Brain hole open

脑洞是从脑补衍生出来的词,脑洞越大补得越多。脑补,即脑内补完,原为动漫用语。通常是指在头脑中对某些情节进行脑内补充,对漫画中、小说中以及现实中自己希望而没有发生的情节在脑内幻想,“脑洞大开”即脑补意思。

A catchword derived from “Imaging the scene in the brain”which is a term in cartoon usually referring to supplementing some plots in the brain and imaging the plots in comics, fictions or real life you wish them to happen but not happen. These two have the same meaning.

来源:译世界

翻译:Steve 深圳市昆仲科技有限公司

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