预制××

What does 预制×× mean?

You are ten minutes into a reality show when the argument starts, and everyone watching knows it was arranged. That is the feeling 预制 names. It comes from 预制菜, factory-prepared dishes that a restaurant only reheats, and netizens now staple it to anything that looks manufactured: 预制剧情 for plot twists written in advance, 预制人设 for a public persona assembled by committee, 预制短视频 for clips built from a template, 预制感情 for affection that arrives on cue. To call something 预制 is to say it was cooked up earlier and plated as if fresh. It is a dig rather than an insult, and the quality it finds missing is 活人感.

Where does 预制×× come from?

Restaurant chains serving pre-made dishes without telling customers were the trigger, in the public arguments of 2025. The label escaped the food debate almost immediately, and netizens began attaching 预制 to whatever felt standardised or inauthentic.

How to use 预制××

• 这综艺的冲突一看就是预制的。
  Zhè zōngyì de chōngtū yí kàn jiù shì yùzhì de.
  You can tell at a glance that the drama on this reality show is pre-made.
• 他的道歉听起来像预制文案。
  Tā de dàoqiàn tīng qǐlai xiàng yùzhì wén'àn.
  His apology sounds like a pre-written template.