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Sep. 27 性格婚检 - pre-marriage personality examinatio
Date:2009-09-26
性格婚检 (xing4 ge2 hun1 jian3)
pre-marriage personality examination
The so-called “examination,” different from routine health checks before marriage registration, is designed to test whether the personalities of a couple match each other before they wed. The examination, which has recently been launched in Taiwan, combines psychological counseling and a personality test questionnaire.
格格党 (ge2 ge2 dang3)
princess clan
It is a workplace expression to describe those who were born after 1985, take their job as play, pay too much attention to their own needs and are too socially unsophisticated to heed public standards.
偶像剧 (ou3 xiang4 ju4)
fashion icon drama
It is a kind of soap opera that features an assortment of young pop stars playing out modern life stories but seldom exploring a serious topic.
啃老房 (ken3 lao3 fang2)
NEET-style home
In large cities like Shanghai, some young people who cannot afford a new home — a necessity for getting married — have to resort to their parents’ lifelong savings as a stepping stone on the road to wedlock.
杀伤力 (sha1 shang1 li4)
kill charm
When a woman or man is very beautiful or handsome, he or she is said to be endowed with an invincible power strong enough to charm an army of the opposite sex.
地王 (di4 wang2)
whopping-price land
When a developer wins a bid for land at an outrageously high price, the land is nicknamed as 地王, which literally means land king.
水壶男 (shui3 hu2 nan2)
kettle guy
The phrase "kettle guy," or "water-bottle man,"originates from young Japanese white-collar workers. It refers to those office workers who bring kettles with them every day to be economical and thrifty amid the global financial downturn and for the sake of environmental protection as well.
离活 (li2 huo2)
divorce hunter
The term, in contrast to marriage hunter or the live-to-marry clan who go all out to find a soul partner, refers to those married people who mull over divorce to return to a single life for freedom or divide property.
规则潜 (gui ze2qian3)
defunct rules
The term, a literal reversion of "hidden rules" in Chinese, refers to rules and regulations which no longer punish violators and do not work well any more. The defunct rules in fact foster hidden rules to some extent, the unspoken cues that dictate behavior and actions.
pre-marriage personality examination
The so-called “examination,” different from routine health checks before marriage registration, is designed to test whether the personalities of a couple match each other before they wed. The examination, which has recently been launched in Taiwan, combines psychological counseling and a personality test questionnaire.
格格党 (ge2 ge2 dang3)
princess clan
It is a workplace expression to describe those who were born after 1985, take their job as play, pay too much attention to their own needs and are too socially unsophisticated to heed public standards.
偶像剧 (ou3 xiang4 ju4)
fashion icon drama
It is a kind of soap opera that features an assortment of young pop stars playing out modern life stories but seldom exploring a serious topic.
啃老房 (ken3 lao3 fang2)
NEET-style home
In large cities like Shanghai, some young people who cannot afford a new home — a necessity for getting married — have to resort to their parents’ lifelong savings as a stepping stone on the road to wedlock.
杀伤力 (sha1 shang1 li4)
kill charm
When a woman or man is very beautiful or handsome, he or she is said to be endowed with an invincible power strong enough to charm an army of the opposite sex.
地王 (di4 wang2)
whopping-price land
When a developer wins a bid for land at an outrageously high price, the land is nicknamed as 地王, which literally means land king.
水壶男 (shui3 hu2 nan2)
kettle guy
The phrase "kettle guy," or "water-bottle man,"originates from young Japanese white-collar workers. It refers to those office workers who bring kettles with them every day to be economical and thrifty amid the global financial downturn and for the sake of environmental protection as well.
离活 (li2 huo2)
divorce hunter
The term, in contrast to marriage hunter or the live-to-marry clan who go all out to find a soul partner, refers to those married people who mull over divorce to return to a single life for freedom or divide property.
规则潜 (gui ze2qian3)
defunct rules
The term, a literal reversion of "hidden rules" in Chinese, refers to rules and regulations which no longer punish violators and do not work well any more. The defunct rules in fact foster hidden rules to some extent, the unspoken cues that dictate behavior and actions.
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