Chinese Internet Slang: 40 Words Young People Use
Chinese slang young people really use: 40 internet words like YYDS, 躺平 and 内卷, each with pinyin, meaning, where it came from and an example sentence.
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我爱学汉语。
Wǒ ài xué hànyǔ.
I love learning Chinese.
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Chinese slang young people really use: 40 internet words like YYDS, 躺平 and 内卷, each with pinyin, meaning, where it came from and an example sentence.
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