Chinese Slang in Traditional Chinese: Free PDF and Flashcards

Chinese Slang in Traditional Chinese is built for learners who want useful Traditional Chinese vocabulary in a clean reference format instead of a long, fluffy article.

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Term	Meaning
廢材	good-for-nothing, useless person (literally 'waste material')
很夯	very popular, hot (trendy)
很夯	very popular, trendy (夯 originally means 'tamping' but slang for 'hot')
很屌	awesome; cool; impressive (vulgar)
很扯	ridiculous; outrageous
很會	so skilled / you're good at that (often ironic)
很派	Tough; intense; cool in a fierce way
很瞎	ridiculous, absurd, hard to believe (literally 'very blind')
很雷	terrible; disappointing; unreliable (like a time bomb)
很鬧	chaotic; annoying; mischievous
快要 + verb + 了	快要崩潰了
快閃	brief; pop-up; quick visit
我先走了。	I am heading out first.
我的菜	my type (someone attractive)
打卡	to check in; to clock in; to post a visit
打臉	to prove someone wrong, to humiliate (literally "slap face")
扯後腿	hold someone back; be a drag
挫賽	oh no, I'm screwed; literally 'drop shit'
掉漆	embarrassing, shameful (literally 'paint peeling off')
推	recommend; endorse
推坑	to tempt into a hobby; get someone hooked
撿到槍	Speaking aggressively as if finding a gun (used when someone suddenly gets confrontational)
收到	received; got it
放槍	to make a mistake, to mess up (like misfiring a gun)
放生	to ghost / dump someone (orig. 'release living beings')

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