Latest Chinese Slang (Revised Version: Chinese-English Contrastive)

Author: Li Shujuan, Yan Ligang (editors)
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This is a new slang reference book in Chinese-English. It includes nearly 1,400 popular slang terms in China in recent years, featuring common colloquialisms, dialects, jargon, and underworld slang, as well as some well-known, influential, and representative dialect phrases. Some entries in the book are newly coined terms from recent years, such as dakuang (big spender), dawan (big shot), bengdi (to rave to DJ music), and koubei (word-of-mouth reputation). Others are new meanings that have evolved from existing definitions, such as chao (to trade), qie (to leave), and jiaoban (to challenge). Additionally, there are transliterated foreign terms like bengji (bungee jumping), wasei (awesome), and ku (cool). Readers can not only use this book to learn about current popular new words and meanings in society, explore the mysteries of language and its vivid expressiveness, but also study the English translations of slang terms, appreciating the charm of language... This is a new slang reference book in Chinese-English. It includes nearly 1,400 popular slang terms in China in recent years, featuring common colloquialisms, dialects, jargon, and underworld slang, as well as some well-known, influential, and representative dialect phrases. Some entries in the book are newly coined terms from recent years, such as dakuang (big spender), dawan (big shot), bengdi (to rave to DJ music), and koubei (word-of-mouth reputation). Others are new meanings that have evolved from existing definitions, such as chao (to trade), qie (to leave), and jiaoban (to challenge). Additionally, there are transliterated foreign terms like bengji (bungee jumping), wasei (awesome), and ku (cool). Readers can not only use this book to learn about current popular new words and meanings in society, explore the mysteries of language and its vivid expressiveness, but also study the English translations of slang terms, appreciating the charm of language.