9 viral phrases that explain China’s work culture, including “let it rot”, “involution”, “lying flat”, and the philosophy of “run”.
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9 viral phrases that explain China’s work culture, including “let it rot”, “involution”, “lying flat”, and the philosophy of “run”.
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Here's a 10th term: "humineral" (人矿 rén kuàng), meaning "a person relentlessly exploited by society until they are eventually discarded on the refuse pile".
(via @samuel_wade)
Don't forget: 加油.
These are cool; it would have been nice if they had broken down words. The characters (they're using mainland simplified Chinese over Traditonal) themselves have some interesting meanings. For example, while 人 is a person/human, 矿 is a noun for a mine (i.e., a mine you dig for something in or a mineral deposit, 礦 or the variant 鑛) or the actual mineral/ore you find. It's a literal 'human mine', adds to my entertainment value.
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