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山寨

admin_master — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:35:33 +0000

这个包是个山寨货.

zhège bāo shìgè shānzhài huò。
The bag is a cheap knockoff.

你的苹果手机不是真的，是个山寨机，你被他骗了.

nǐde píngguǒ shǒujī búshì zhēnde，shìgè shānzhàijī，nǐ bèitā piànle。
Your iPhone is not real, it is a knockoff, you were cheated by him.

山寨货的质量都不怎么样，你最好还是买真的吧.

shānzhàihuò de zhìliàng dōu bùzěnmeyàng，nǐzuìhǎo háishì mǎi zhēnde ba。
The knockoffs are of poor quality, you’d better buy the real ones.

宅

admin_master — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:52:17 +0000

宅男 zhái nán indoorsman; homie

宅女 zhái nǚ indoorswoman; homette

我不是什么宅男，我可是宅男之王。

wǒ búshì shénme zháinán，wǒ kěshì zháinán zhīwáng。
I’m not some kind of nerd, I’m the king of nerds. ——《The Big Bang Theory》

你一到周末就变宅男。

nǐ yídào zhōumò jiù biàn zháinán。
You are such a couch potato on weekends.

她是个宅女，每个周末都宅在家里看电视。

tā shìgè zháinǚ，měigè zhōumò dōu zhái zàijiālǐ kàndiànshì。
She is a couch potato; she always stays at home and watches TV every weekend.

啃老族

admin_master — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:32:25 +0000

这个啃老族已经35岁了，但仍然依靠他的父母生活。

zhè ge kěn lǎo zú yǐ jīng 35 suì le ， dàn réng rán yī kào tā de fù mǔ shēng huó 。

This Neet is already 35 years old but still lives off his parents.

啃老族现象已成为全国性的社会问题。

kěn lǎo zú xiàn xiàng yǐ chéng wéi quán guó xìng de shè huì wèn tí.
The boomerang child phenomenon has become a social problem on a nationwide scale.

一个有理想有能力的年轻人是不应该成为啃老族的。

yí gè yóu lí xiǎng yǒu néng lì de nián qīng rén shì bù yīng gāi chéng wéi kěn lǎo zú de。

A young man with dream and ability shouldn’t be a Neet.

菜鸟

admin_master — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:17:35 +0000

她父亲是高尔夫球菜鸟.

tā fù qīn shì gāo ěr fū qiú cài niǎo。
Her father is a rookie at playing golf.

绝对不要准时到，不然人家会说你是菜鸟。

jué duì bú yào zhǔn shí dào ， bù rán rén jia huì shuō nǐ shì cài niǎo。
Never arrive on time, or you will be stamped a beginner.

很多时候，菜鸟的表现比有经验的人还要好。

hěn duō shí hou ， cài niǎo de biǎo xiàn bǐ yǒu jīng yàn de rén hái yào hǎo。
On many occasions，newbies can do better than those with rich experience.

房奴

admin_master — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:43:44 +0000

80后的人大部分已经成为房奴。

80 hòu de rén dàbùfen yǐjīng chéngwéi fángnú 。
The majority of people born in the 1980s have become mortgage slaves.

在大城市里，“房奴”是一种普遍现象。

zài dàchéng shì lǐ ， “ fáng nú ” shì yìzhǒng pǔbiàn xiànxiàng 。
In big cities, “housing slaves” is a universal phenomenon.

房奴呈现年轻化趋势，普遍感觉生活质量下降。

fáng nú chéngxiàn niánqīnghuà qūshì，pǔbiàn gǎnjué shēnghuó zhìliàng xià jiàng 。
Housing slaves are getting younger, and commonly think quality of life is declining. 。