Chinglish Dictionary

Involution / Neijuan

内卷

Excessive internal competition

Rice congee

米粥

A staple Chinese food made by boiling rice with plenty of water until soft and mushy, light and easy to digest, often ea...

Lay flat / Tang ping

躺平

Opting out of workplace competition

Roll up and go home

卷铺盖走人

Get fired; pack up and leave

I understand what you mean.

我明白你的意思

This is a standard corrected English expression used to convey that one has comprehended the other party’s intended mean...

Touch fish摸鱼是什么梗

摸鱼

Slacking off at work; pretending to work

Silent cry / Silent weep

默默哭泣 / 破防

Chinglish describing emotional state: meaning to cry silently, secretly and without making a sound; also refers to psych...

Smelly shameless-you're shameless

臭不要脸

Shameless; brazen; thick-skinned (insult)

No can no BB

不能就别哔哔

If you can't do it, don't talk trash / Don't criticize what you can't do

It's not convenient to talk right now.

现在不方便说话

A standard natural English expression used to politely inform others that one is unable to converse at the present momen...

Da Dian, Xin Sui Le的意思

大点，心碎了

Large size, heart broken (meme about expensive portions)

Small fresh meat

小鲜肉

A popular Internet buzzword in China, originally referring to young male artists who are young, good-looking, fresh in i...

I have already made arrangements.

我已经安排好了

A standard English expression indicating that one has completed the planning and deployment of related matters; the orig...

Play table tennis

打乒乓球

Standard official English name for the popular ball sport table tennis, applicable to daily communication, sports arrang...

Sweet and sour fish

糖醋鱼

A classic Chinese dish featuring crispy fried fish coated with a sweet and sour sauce made from sugar, vinegar, ketchup,...

Touch fish

摸鱼

Slacking off at work; pretending to work while doing nothing

Dog blood spray-blood powder for dogs

狗血喷头

Overly dramatic, sensationalized; melodramatic

chinese hot pot

火锅

Chinese communal cooking method with simmering broth

Thousand year egg

皮蛋 / 松花蛋

Preserved duck egg with dark green yolk and jelly-like white

Dry fried green beans

干煸四季豆

A Sichuan stir-fry dish where green beans are deep-fried or stir-fried until wrinkled, then cooked with minced meat, dri...