'U swan, he frog': Comforting Chinglish goes viral

2024-08-22 16:39:27Source: China DailyBy Wang Xiaoyu
Crude, succinct and very much to the point, Chinglish—a mishmash of Chinese and English long ridiculed for generating confounding and awkward translations—has recently created a buzz on social media for its unique consoling touch.
The online buzz stems from a post on Aug 7 by a foreign blogger on lifestyle-sharing platform Xiaohongshu. The blogger, who goes by the alias YourKris, shared pictures of her being brought to tears while seeing off her boyfriend at the airport. Several days previously, she had posted, "Why he made me sad. "
Her comments section was soon inundated with remarks from Chinese netizens who, believing that the blogger was having relationship trouble, left goodwill messages in Chinglish to comfort her.
One commenter attempted to persuade the blogger to move on and focus on the silver lining of potentially connecting with a better man in the future, saying, "The old doesn't go, the new doesn't come. "
Another netizen tried to talk her out of weeping, mimicking the tone of a nagging mother:"Cry, cry, cry!Just know cry!Luck is gone by u cry. "
One of the most popular phrases in the post's comments section played on a Chinese allegory—a toad wishing to eat swan meat—that describes the pursuit of something that one is unworthy of. "You pretty, he ugly, u swan, he frog, "the comment said.
Another expressed concern for the young woman with simple words:"Abandon!Abandon him. "
As of Wednesday afternoon, the post on Xiaohongshu had garnered over 267, 000 likes and 64, 000 comments.
These verbatim translations—ignorant of grammar rules and different cultural connotations—have even spread to social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
One X user shared screenshots of the original post and some of the comments that have gone viral. "Imagine going through a rough patch with your boyfriend and thousands of Chinese netizens comfort you, "the user said. "This would actually fix me. I can't lie. "
Another user applauded the choice of the word"abandon", because urging the tearful woman to abandon her boyfriend would have more impact than suggesting that she should simply leave him.
The metaphor of the swan and the frog has also gone viral on X, with a variety of memes juxtaposing celebrities or cartoon characters deemed unsuited for each other and designating them as either swans or frogs.
Furthermore, the post has prompted many users to inquire about Chinese social media platforms and express an interest in joining them.
Cody, a resident of New Zealand who asked to be identified only by his first name, told China Daily that he could understand common phrases of Chinglish such as"let me see see"and"people mountain, people sea"—which, respectively, mean"let me have a look"and"there are a lot of people"—because he began learning about Chinese culture around six years ago.
"After seeing the posts of'u swan, he frog', I was confused because I didn't originally know the Chinese equivalent…so I had to ask some of my Chinese friends about it, "he said.
"Once I understood the full meaning, it became much more funny, "he said. "I think it's such a funny phenomenon that comes from partially broken English, but it is great and has created communities where people are just having fun. "
Cody said he noticed an increase in the spread of Chinese culture through X and other social media sites that use English.
"It's great that more Chinese culture is being shared with the rest of the world, "he added. "The humor and understanding with everyone makes it fun, and it seems like more and more people are getting into it. It also shows you don't need to perfect English to be understood. "
Editor:Li Lulu
About us | Contact us

Copyright ? 2015-2024 globalpeople.com.cn.All Rights Reserved.

主站蜘蛛池模板: 国内精品视频在线播放一区| 韩国久播影院理论片不卡影院 | 欧美成人四级剧情在线播放| 在线观看www成人影院| 免费人成年轻人电影| a级毛片免费观看视频| 男人j桶进女人p无遮挡免费| 天天操夜夜操美女| 亚洲精品自产拍在线观看| 99久久亚洲综合精品成人网| 欧美视频在线播放bbxxx| 国产精品美女久久久网av| 亚洲制服丝袜中文字幕| 亚洲精品456| 日韩大片高清播放器好| 国产免费女女脚奴视频网| 久久久久久久999| 精品综合久久久久久888蜜芽| 思思久久99热只有频精品66| 免费va在线观看| 992tv国产人成在线观看| 欧美性猛交xxxx88| 女人战争免费观看韩国| 亚洲美女黄视频| 91大神在线精品网址| 欧美一级欧美三级在线观看| 国产成人免费一区二区三区| 久久久久久久99精品免费观看 | 永久免费毛片手机版在线看| 国产精欧美一区二区三区| 亚洲一区二区三区不卡在线播放| 国产精品乳摇在线播放| 无码精品a∨在线观看中文| 免费足恋视频网站女王| 97性无码区免费| 最近中文字幕在线的mv视频| 国产一级视频在线观看网站| 一本大道无香蕉综合在线| 欧美肥妇毛多水多bbxx水蜜桃 | 国产成人免费视频app| 丰满老熟妇好大bbbbb|