Work & Life
12 terms
- 养龙虾yǎng lóngxiā
Installing and training OpenClaw, the AI agent nicknamed “the lobster”, to do your chores.
- 内卷nèi juǎn
Exhausting competition where everyone works harder but nobody gets ahead.
- 吗喽ma lou
The self-deprecating monkey every overworked young Chinese claims to be.
- 打工人dǎ gōng rén
A self-mocking name for ordinary wage workers.
- 摆烂bǎi làn
Giving up on purpose because things are already going badly.
- 浪浪山小妖怪lànglàng shān xiǎo yāoguài
Self-deprecating nickname for overworked nobodies who dream of leaving the mountain.
- 牛马niú mǎ
Self-mocking slang for overworked, underpaid employees who feel like beasts of burden.
- 特种兵式旅游tè zhǒng bīng shì lǚ yóu
Cramming as many sights as possible into a very short, very cheap trip.
- 班味bān wèi
The tired, drained look and vibe that office workers pick up from their jobs.
- 草台班子cǎo tái bān zi
A thrown-together, amateurish team; the sense that nobody really knows what they're doing.
- 赛博对账sài bó duì zhàng
Chinese and foreign netizens comparing salaries, rent and bills directly online.
- 躺平tǎng píng
Opting out of the rat race and doing the bare minimum.