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Rùn (Chinese: 润; pinyin: rùn; IPA: ) is a Chinese internet meme that expresses the desire to escape one's current country of residence. Originally meaning "profitable" or "to moisten", [1] [2] the word gained its additional meaning because its romanization resembles the English word "run". [2]
Certain customs regarding good and bad luck are important to many Chinese people. Although these might be regarded as superstitions by people from other cultures, these customs are often tied to religious traditions and are an important part of many people's belief systems, even among well-educated people and affluent sectors of society.
Fú - Bats are a common motif in traditional Chinese painting, because the word for bat, "蝠" (fú) is homophonous with the word for good fortune, "福" (fú). [ 25 ] *Li, yú, and lián - A more complex example involves the common image of carp swimming through lotus flowers which conveys the wish for continuing profits.
007 – A variant of the 996 working hour system.Represents 00:00 hours (12:00 am) to 00:00 hours, 7 days per week (pinyin: línglíngqī); 1314 – "Forever", usually preceded by a phrase such as "I love you" or the similar. 1314 (pinyin: yīsānyīsì) represents 一生一世 (pinyin: yīshēng yīshì, "one lifetime, throughout one's life").
"Smells good" (真香; zhēn xiāng) – from the reality show X-Change (变形计; biàn xíng jì) Season 8, Episode 3 by Hunan Television, an extremely spoiled teenager called Wang Jingze (王境泽; wáng jìng zé) was forced to live in rural area for a period of time. He threw a fit and attempted to escape because he could not stand the ...
This is hardly the first moment of the Olympics to get the meme treatment. Turkish sharpshooter Yusuf Dikec has inspired fan art, and people love Olympic shooter Kim Yeji’s "aura ," too.
The reasoning is based on a wordplay: in nearly all varieties of Chinese, the words for 倒; dào; 'upside-down' and 到; dào; 'to arrive' are homophonous. Therefore, the phrase 'upside-down fu ' sounds nearly identical to the phrase 'good luck arrives'. Pasting the character upside-down on a door or doorpost thus translates into a wish for ...
In Mandarin, the words “inverted” (倒, dao) and “arrival” (到, dao) are homynyms, so fu dao can mean either "upside-down character fu" or “good fortune arrives“. Another type of character often used for doufang is the combined character, or lianzi (連字) - these are not real words used in spoken or written Chinese, but are a ...