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English:Brother Sharp
Chinese:犀利哥(xī lì gē)
"Brother Sharp" is the nickname of a homeless man who became famous because of his good looks and dress sense. [Full story]
? 'Brother Sharp' hot on the Net
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English:material girl
Chinese:拜金女 (bài jīn nǚ)
Ma Nuo, 22, a model from Beijing, told a jobless man who invited her to ride on his bike that she would rather cry in a BMW. [Full story]
? Money worship show stings traditional love values
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English:microblogging
Chinese:織圍脖（zhī wéi bó）
Much the same as Twitter, microblogs allow users to post messages of 140 Chinese characters or less via the Web, SMS or MMS. [Full story]
? Microblogging changes life: survey
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English:gelivable
Chinese:給力 (gěi lì)
"Geili" literally means "to give power" but is now accepted as an adjective describing something "cool" or "awesome". [Full story]
? The rise of Net buzzword 'gelivable'
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English:My father is Li Gang!
Chinese:我爸是李剛! (wǒ bà shì lǐ gāng)
"My Father is Li Gang!" became one of the most popular catchphrases in China after a hit-and-run scandal. [Full story]
? Drunken driver boasts father is a police official
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English:ant tribe
Chinese:蟻族 (yǐ zú)
"Ant tribe" refers to recent graduates who crowd into slums in big cities in search of work. [Full story]
? 1 million 'ants' struggling in cities: Survey
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English:kidding mungbean, brutal garlic and mad corn
Chinese:豆你玩，蒜你狠，玉米瘋(dòu nǐ wán, suàn nǐ hěn, yù mǐ fēng)
Humorous terms that express the rage and resignation of consumers faced with crazy food prices. [Full story]
? China's veggie prices up 62.4%
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English:pseudo-girl
Chinese:偽娘 (wěi niáng)
Liu Zhu, 19, rose to stardom overnight after his cross-dressing performance on a TV show. [Full story]
? Cross-dressing Boy stirs up debate on gender
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English:Xiao Yueyue
Chinese:小月月(xiǎo yuè yue)
"Xiao Yueyue" rose to fame after a friend blogged about her bizarre behavior on a shopping trip to Shanghai. [Full story]
? Sizzling online saga gets bigger, juicier
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English:lamb style
Chinese:羊羔體 (yáng gāo tǐ)
Became a buzzword after an official whose name sounds like the Chinese word for lamb controversially won the Lu Xun Prize for a poem that was panned by critics. [Full story]