Chinese slang terms in Traditional Chinese

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TermMeaning
破事Trivial or annoying matters; stupid stuff.
破防emotional defense broken / hit right in the feels
社畜corporate slave
秒懂understand instantly, get it right away
笑死laughing so hard; hilarious
給力helpful; strong; awesome
給我看傻了it left me stunned
網美internet-famous pretty girl; social-media aesthetic person
翻桌flip table (expressing rage)
耍廢to slack off, be lazy, chill
耍廢to slack off; to do nothing productive; to be a couch potato
肥宅fat otaku; nerd who stays at home
背鍋take the blame (for someone else)
芭比Q了I'm done for; it's over (homophone for 完蛋了)
落漆to mess up, fail awkwardly
衝康to set someone up, to frame someone (from Taiwanese)
裝熟Pretending to be close or familiar (false intimacy)
裝蒜to play dumb; to pretend not to know
討拍seeking comfort or validation
great; awesome
賭爛pissed off / extremely displeased
超 + adjective超好吃
超級super; extremely
超讚super great
超雷super disappointing; a disaster

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