'Sacred Beasts' and 'Involution'...
- Gordon Dumoulin
- Dec 13, 2020
- 1 min read
It is the time again to wrap up a year with lists of trends having made an impact on this year. It certainly does not feel to wrap up anything being in the middle of the pandemic but let's turn our heads a little anyway with these phrases and hashtags which were buzzing in China's social media in 2020.
"š¦š®š°šæš²š± šš²š®ššš" ē„å ½ originally refers to mythological creatures in Chinese folklore such as dragons or phoenixes. Usually bringing good luck but some taming needs to be done. Parents started calling their kids "sacred beasts" early this year, as a term of both affection and frustration when whole families were staying at home earlier this year for longer time as schools and offices were closed due to the pandemic. No further explanation needed I guess :-)
"šš»šš¼š¹ššš¶š¼š»" å å·, referring to the anxiety of increasing labor pressure but at social stagnation. A picture of a man using his laptop at Tsinghua University became a hype on the internet this year, called 'the king of involution'.
Other 2020 Chinese buzzwords; People first, life first (äŗŗę°č³äøļ¼ēå½č³äøļ¼, Heroes in harmās way (éč”č ļ¼, Spirited (é£), Rising wave (åęµŖ), Dual circulation (åå¾ŖēÆ), Versailles literature (å”å°čµęå¦)
Sources, read more in detail about the 2020 Chinese buzzwords :
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