[分享][buzzword]2008-06-16

堰塞湖 (yan1sai4hu2)
quake lake
A lake formed when a river is blocked by rocks from landslides following an earthquake.
次生灾害 (ci4sheng1zai1hai4)
secondary disaster
Disasters or problems that follow or are generated by another disaster, such as a landslide, flash flood or epidemic in the wake of an earthquake.
平安信 (ping2an1xin4)
all-is-well note
Some earthquake survivors tried to send out paper slips from cut-off areas to tell relatives they were still alive and safe.
搜救犬 (sou1jiu4quan3)
rescue dog
Rescue dogs are reportedly more reliable and stable than a life detector for their sharp olfactory sense in finding disaster survivors.
豆腐渣 (dou4fu3zha1)
jerry-built project
In Chinese, the term literally means made of residue left by processing soybean curd. It is an equivalent to °∞jerry-built°± in English. Such projects in China often involve corrupt business people or officials.
道德督察 (dao4de2du1cha2)
moral police
Describes public opinion attacks on real estate tycoons who refused to donate much to the quake zone in Sichuan.
YAWN族 (yawn zu2)
YAWN clan
The initials stand for young and wealthy but normal, a label given to sensible young people who refrain from overspending or driving a car for environmental reasons.
灰水 (hui1shui3)
gray water
Waste water discharged from the washing machine, kitchen and other sources. It can be re-used as it is not so heavily polluted.
藏漂族 (zang4piao1zu2)
Tibet drifter
Unlike Beijing drifters and Shanghai drifters who start careers in the two cities, Tibet drifters tour the autonomous region, then find they can't tear themselves away.
酱油男 (jiang4you2nan2)
soybean sauce man
Taken up by Internet users after a man responded during an interview that he was just out to buy soybean sauce and didn°?t care about the question. °∞I°?m just out for soybean sauce°± has become a euphemism for "it's none of my business."
微博客 (wei1bo2ke4)
Twitter
A service to communicate through the exchange of quick, frequent answers. Users send short messages to mobile phones and groups of Websites instead of one individual.

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