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Memes and Slang From the Shanghai Lockdown
Group-buying chiefs, vegetable storing guides, the Covid calendar, and “hard currency” cola—learn the internet slang inspired by the Shanghai lockdown
STREET TALK
How Netizens Adapt Classic Literature to the Covid Age
Literary-minded social media posters are adapting famous works for the Covid-19 era
STREET TALK
Deciphering “Bullet” Comments Online
Learn the slang that peppers Bilibili’s “bullet curtain”
STREET TALK
The Online Slang of the Beijing Winter Olympics
Learn some of the Winter Olympics slang popular with Chineses netizens
SOCIAL CHINESE
No Excuses: New Workout Phrases for a New Year
Kickstart your new year fitness routine with this language guide to working out
STREET TALK
Getting the Right Online Atmosphere
Netizens are doing their best to “create an atmosphere” in their social media posts
SOCIAL CHINESE
Slope Slang: Talk Like a Skier
A Winter Olympics-ready linguistic guide to visiting China’s ski resorts
STREET TALK
How Chinese Netizens Talk Like Squabbling Pandas
Why are people talking about snatching bamboo shoots (夺笋 duó sǔn)?
LANGUAGE
Piecing Together New Phrases from Old
How “online language artists” combine simple phrases into their own internet language
LANGUAGE
The Art of Saying Nothing
Chinese netizens have become experts at “feihua wenxue”: using superfluous language to get out of any awkward situation
DIALECTS
Fangyan Friday: The Northern Influence on Hangzhou’s Dialect
Learn how to speak like a Hangzhou local
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