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

Author: Li Shujuan, Yan Ligang
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This is a new slang reference book in Chinese-English parallel text. 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 daku (big spender), dawan (big shot), bengdi (go dancing), 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 (wow), and ku (cool). Readers can not only use this book to learn about the latest slang terms and meanings in today's society, exploring the mysteries and vivid expressiveness of language, but also to study the English translations of slang, appreciating the charm of language... This is a new slang reference book in Chinese-English parallel text. 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 daku (big spender), dawan (big shot), bengdi (go dancing), 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 (wow), and ku (cool). Readers can not only use this book to learn about the latest slang terms and meanings in today's society, exploring the mysteries and vivid expressiveness of language, but also to study the English translations of slang, appreciating the charm of language.