Chinese Youth Culture
Explore viral phrases related to chinese youth culture
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Phrases
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Viral
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破防了
The moment something breaks through your emotional defenses and you can no longer maintain composure — whether from being deeply moved or overwhelmed with frustration.
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内卷
Brutal competition where everyone works harder but nobody gets ahead — the exhausting treadmill of modern life that produces burnout, not progress.
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tùm lum
Southern Vietnamese's direct, emphatic way of calling out chaos — whether physical mess, digital disorder, or systems that stopped making sense.
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gắt
Vietnamese for when something isn't just intense but harshly, unfavorably so — built-in criticism of difficulty, severity, or expense.
