躺平

1. tolieflat
2. (figuratively, neologism) to beunmoved; tolosepassion; to beunwilling tostruggle; toquiet quit
   • 2021 July 5, Elsie Chen, “These Chinese Millennials Are ‘Chilling,’ and Beijing Isn’t Happy”, inThe New York Times‎^[1]:

     躺平意味著放棄婚姻、不生孩子、不找工作和避開諸如房子或車子之類的物質需求。這與中國領導人要求其人民所做的相反。[MSC,trad.]
     躺平意味着放弃婚姻、不生孩子、不找工作和避开诸如房子或车子之类的物质需求。这与中国领导人要求其人民所做的相反。[MSC,simp.]

     Tǎngpíng yìwèi zhe fàngqì hūnyīn, bù shēng háizǐ, bù zhǎo gōngzuò hé bìkāi zhūrú fángzǐ huò chēzǐ zhī lèi de wùzhì xūqiú. Zhè yǔ Zhōngguó lǐngdǎorén yāoqiú qí rénmín suǒ zuò de xiàngfǎn.[Pinyin]

     Tolie flat means to forgo marriage, not have children, stay unemployed and eschew material wants such as a house or a car. It is the opposite of what China’s leaders have asked of their people.

• (to lie flat):平躺 (píngtǎng)

• → English:lying flat,tang ping

• 九九六 (jiǔjiǔliù, “9-to-9 workday and six-day workweek”, literally “996”)

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