Chinese neologisms: part 4

After an inexcusably long break in our collections of new Chinese words, caused by difficult circumstances in the site’s operation, we resume this interesting work, popular with users, begun exactly a year ago. 虚拟经济...

虚拟经济 (сюйни цзинцзи): virtual economy (English meaning — virtual economy)

实体经济 (шити цзинцзи): real economy (English meaning — real economy)

数字经济 (шуцзы цзинцзи): digital economy (English meaning — digital economy)

信息经济 (синьси цзинцзи): information economy (English meaning — information economy)

透视装 (тоуши чжуан): transparent (see-through) clothing (English meaning — see-through look)

温吞水 (вэньтунь шуй): warm (lukewarm, at a temperature suitable for swallowing) water; figuratively, something done without enthusiasm, in complete apathy (The word arose when water in Shanghai was heated at communal points where parents commonly sent children to fetch it. The water heated very slowly, and many parents believed their children were playing outside instead of immediately filling their thermoses, leaving them waiting for water needed to cook noodles or brew tea. Parents punished their children, who concluded that diligently following instructions only brought trouble. When sent again, they brought water at whatever temperature it happened to be, without waiting until it was hot enough for tea or cooking; English meaning — tepid; apathetic)

恐婚族 (кунхуньцзу): people afraid of marriage (English meaning — marriage-shy clan)

恐婚症 (хуньинь чжэн): marriage syndrome (English meaning — marital syndrome)

流行一族 (люсин ицзу): top-class fashionistas (English meaning — top_class fashion clan)

抢抢族 (цанцан цзу), approximate meaning: bargain hunters (English meaning — bargain hunter)

疗伤系 (ляошанси), literally: a dressing for healing wounds; figurative meaning: balm for the heart (a collective term for a material object, literary work, piece of music or film that has a soothing effect; the word comes from the title of a novel by Japanese writer Yoshimoto Banana (吉本芭娜娜) and a song by Japanese singer Nakajima Miyuki (中岛美雪))

末端时尚 (модуань шишан): top-tier fashion (English meaning — tip-top fashion)

快速时尚 (куайсу шишан): fast fashion (by analogy with a "fast-food restaurant"; English meaning — fast fashion)

炒婚 (чаохунь): an over-fried wedding (an expression describing people who exaggerate the significance and importance of their own marriage; English meaning — wedding fanfare)

正太控 (чжэнтайкун): Shota complex (Shota (Japanese 正太) is a character in Japanese comics, increasingly popular in China; Shota is the male counterpart of V. Nabokov’s Lolita (Rari, 萝莉, in Japanese comics); English meaning — Shyota complex)

土腐败 (туфубай): 1) a local bribe (as opposed to 洋腐败); 2) a bribe to resolve a land issue

裸捐 (лосунь): donating one’s entire fortune (English meaning — all-out donation)

乐触族 (лэчуцзу): adherents of a lifestyle based on a love of touchscreens and entertainment content (English meaning — LOTAF (lifestyle of touch and fun) clan)

野鹅族 (еэцзу): wild geese (mothers and their children who have moved to English-speaking countries so the children can receive a full education in English in an entirely English-speaking environment; a phenomenon becoming widespread in South Korea; English meaning — wild goose clan)

上网本 (шанванбэнь): netbook (the desktop version is a nettop (上网机); English meaning — netbook)

待机消费 (дайцзи сяофэй): consumption (making purchases) when the opportunity arises (the opposite of 冲动消费 (chongdong xiaofei; spontaneous consumption): the former means shopping during sales and discount campaigns, the latter when the need for a purchase arises or is recognized; English meaning — optimal consumption)