Chinese Urban Dictionary: Kejin

When you drop serious money in an online game, it's called kejin.

by Mia Li, 23 October 2018

Chinese Urban Dictionary: Xidi

Literally meaning "to wash the floor," xidi refers to covering up a crime. But it has come to mean the act of excusing someone for a crime that they have probably committed.

by Mia Li, 24 January 2018

Chinese Urban Dictionary: Cunzaigan

Cunzaigan is a validation of one's existence. And for some of people it's addictive.

by Mia Li, 12 October 2017

Chinese Urban Dictionary: Nixi

When you turn defeat into victory, pity into respect.

by Mia Li, 15 March 2017

Chinese Urban Dictionary: Ganhuo

Imagine a world without unnecessary fluff. That is what ganhuo is.

by Mia Li, 20 July 2018

Chinese Urban Dictionary: Xiaotianbing

We hate them but we can't fault them, because they never did anything wrong.

by Mia Li, 22 March 2019

Chinese Urban Dictionary: Gan' ga ai

Expert autopsies of gan' ga ai (aka awkwardness cancer) have concluded that it is a mixture of anxiety, social awkwardness, shame and guilt.

by Mia Li, 29 November 2016

Chinese Urban Dictionary: Laonü

Originally a Cantonese word, laonü began as a derogatory term for any poor young women in China who came to rich cities to find a partner.

by Mia Li, 22 June 2016

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