Glossary
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Glossary
Glossary
Compiling terms encountered in Chinese Novels, I'll list them up here as I go.
Character Personalities
Black Belly/ied (腹黑/Fu Hei)¹ : It's a Chinese phrase used in many novels as a term to describe a person who seems extremely kind and honest, who is a very hardworking, gentle person on the outside. But they turn out to be dark/soulless/evil/sly/manipulative on the inside.
The Tea Bitches²: derogatory category that is being used mostly in Chinese net, stereotyping young Chinese women.
Coffee Bitch (咖啡婊/Kāfēi Biǎo) :
high-end office ladies who constantly mix English with Chinese, dress according to the latest fashion craze and love to take pictures of themselves in fancy restaurants or on sunny beaches.
Black Tea Bitch (红茶婊/Hóng Chá Biǎo): is a promiscuous girl who smokes, drinks, and likes eyeliner and low-cut clothes that show her cleavage.
Milk Tea Bitch (奶茶婊/Nǎi Chá Biǎo) is the kind of woman who talks in a girlish voice and has extremely sweet looks. She is always kind to everyone around her, but only to attract men who will give her presents that she will kindly accept.
Green Tea Bitch (绿茶婊/Lǜ Chá Biǎo) used to describe ambitious women who “pretend to be very innocent”.
White Moonlight (白月光/Bai Yue Guang): Unforgettable first love³/ depending on the context, it can also mean, ideal man/woman, a perfect character admired by many.
Cinnabar Mole (朱砂痣/Zhūshā zhì)⁵:
Similar to White Moonlight and often considered the same, with a slight difference, an unforgettable love but not necessarily a first love and with this one it isn't one-sided but it got away, the one that got away.
White Lotus (白莲花/Bái Lián Huā):
1) Kind, innocent, lovable, good person. A Mary Sue. Black Lotus is its counterpart.
Soft Persimmon: someone who is easily bullied.
妖精 (yāojing) - supernatural beings that can be translated as fairy, elf, or goblin, in Chinese folklore they're linked with mischief, coquettishness or lewdness.
Honorifics/Nicknames
-posting later-
Terms/Euphemisms
Black Fan: a hater on the net.
Pink/Red Fan: Celebrity avid fan
Black Material: A celebrity scandal.
粉 (fen) word for fans since it's a homophone, but it also means powder (can either be starch to make noodles, cosmetic powder or heroin)
Navy/Water Army: paid people who create ‘heat’ for a specific celebrity and control the direction of the conversation.
Super Topic/Super Talk/Chaohua: a feature in Weibo, similar to Twitter Community, where you can follow certain topics/celebs/hashtags of your interest.
CP: romantic couple pairing/couple ship used between celebrities or idol groups or fictional characters, where fans romanticize any interaction between the two.
18th Tier/18th line: Someone who is unpopular
Little Transparency: someone who is insignificant/unpopular
Nu Wa: The Mother Goddess of Chinese Mythology that created humanity and repaired the Pillars of Heaven
Trumpet: a small or alternate of SNS or gaming account
Tuba: main SNS or gaming account
Nurturing Relationship: sponsorship/sugar dating
Gold Master: benefactor/sugar mommy or daddy in a sugar dating relationship.
Canary: pet/sugar baby.
Melon: gossip
Papapa: sex (because of the sound it makes)
Idioms/Phrases
A Good Meal Is Not Afraid Of Being Late (好饭不怕晚/Hǎo fàn bùpà wǎn): Good things in life are worth the wait.
Chat Abbreviations
233: lol
Chinese Holidays/Special Occasions
¹ https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Black%20belly
² https://www.whatsonweibo.com/dangerous-women-the-green-tea-bitch/
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https://www.wordsense.eu/%E7%99%BD%E6%9C%88%E5%85%89/
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https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A4%E5%9C%B0%E7%84%A1%E9%8A%80%E4%B8%89%E7%99%BE%E5%85%A9
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https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E7%99%BD%E6%9C%88%E5%85%89%E4%B8%8E%E6%9C%B1%E7%A0%82%E7%97%A3/55694771#:~:text=%E7%99%BD%E6%9C%88%E5%85%89%E4%B8%8E%E6%9C%B1%E7%A0%82%E7%97%A3%EF%BC%8C%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E6%B5%81%E8%A1%8C%E8%AF%AD%EF%BC%8C%E6%8C%87%E5%AF%84%E4%BA%88,%E4%B8%8D%E8%83%BD%E5%9C%A8%E4%B8%80%E8%B5%B7%E7%9A%84%E6%97%A0%E5%A5%88%E3%80%82
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