Top 10 network buzzwords of 2014

2014中国网络十大热词

Top 10 network buzzwords of 2014

1. 萌萌哒(méng méng da)

"萌" (méng) literally means "cute" and "哒" (da) is a modal particle. The phrase萌萌哒originated on a Chinese website called "douban", and was used to refer to someone who was a bit strange and needed to take medicine as a result. However, it has gained in popularity because of a series of gifs released by the Palace Museum, where the ancient emperor Yongzheng looks very cute. In daily conversation, the phrase is now used to describe someone who is incredibly cute.

E.g. jīn tiān huà le gè zhuāng, gǎn jué zì jǐ méng méng da.

今天化了个妆,感觉自己萌萌哒.

I did a make-up today and felt myself terribly cute.

2且行且珍惜 It is to be cherished.

On March 31, 2014, Chinese actress Ma Yili responded to her husband Wen Zhang's cheating on China's twitter-like Sina Weibo. It reads as follows: "恋爱虽易,婚姻不易,且行且珍惜"(liàn ài suī yì hūn yīn bú yì qiě háng qiě zhēn xī), meaning "Being in love is easy, being married is not. It is to be cherished." Soon many Internet users began to make sentences with this pattern.

E.g. chī fàn suī yì jiǎn féi bú yì qiě chī qiě zhēn xī

吃饭虽易,减肥不易,且吃且珍惜.

Eating is easy, losing weight is not. It is to be cherished.