Top 10 Tweets of June
Another month of bringing you the best fresh vocab and original example sentences!
We laughed, we cried, we tweeted. As we put the final touches on our amazing Chinese language video learning site, we have been tweeting several words, phrases, and example sentences daily. Here were our 10 most popular language tweets from June.
10. 传奇人生/傳奇人生
(chuánqí rénshēng)- a legendary life. 这部电影是以他的事迹改编而成，是向他的传奇人生致敬的
9. 批评思考
(pīpànxìng sīkǎo): critical thinking. 批判性思考问题要求你一定要客观、谨慎，像科学家一样思考
8. 挖苦
(wākǔ)- speak sarcastically; have a dig at. 如果父母嘲笑或挖苦儿童的创新和想象，那么儿童便不能建立自信心
7. 得意忘形
(déyìwàngxíng)- get dizzy with success; get carried away. 面对市场大好的情况，他总是提醒大家不要得意忘形，要更加努力
6. 憨态可掬/憨態可掬
(hāntàikějū)- charmingly naive. 大熊猫憨态可掬的样子，得到了很多人的喜爱。
5. 季后赛/季後賽
(jìhòusài)- playoffs, postseason. NBA季后赛吸引了数以亿计的球迷的关注
4. 不在乎
(búzàihu)- to not care, not mind. 我从不在乎别人怎么看我，我只是坚持自己的生活方式
3. 天赋/天賦
(tiānfù)- a natural gift; endowed talent. 他从小就有唱歌的天赋，大家都说他以后会成为一名歌星
2. 马屁精/馬屁精
(mǎ pì jīng)- sycophant; flatterer. 他是一个马屁精，靠着拍领导的马屁，才得到这个职位的
And our number 1 tweet of the month was…
1. 海派
(hǎipài)- generous; free-spending; spendthrift. 他为人很海派，和朋友一起的时候，都是他请客
While the etymology may be fairly straightforward (of Shanghai, in the style of Shanghai), it has since come to mean somebody who freely spends or lives large. This is probably because Shanghai is perceived as China's most chic city, filled with 花花公子s (huāhuā gōngzǐ- playboys) throwing around the big bucks at jewelry shops, car dealerships, restaurants, nightclubs, and the like. We'll stay neutral on this assessment of the city, but this is definitely a great word for the savvy Chinese learner.
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