“River crab”的版本间的差异
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| − | 河蟹 (héxiè): river crab | + | '''河蟹 (héxiè): river crab''' |
| − | [[File:river crab1.jpg| | + | [[File:river crab1.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''River crab wearing three watches (带三个表 dài sān ge biǎo), alluding to Jiang Zemin’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Represents Three Represents] (三个代表 sān ge dàibiǎo). (source unknown)'']] |
| − | + | Troublesome creature whose name echoes "harmony" (和谐 héxié); euphemism for censorship. Coined by netizens as a reference to the government's justification of censorship as an essential ingredient in constructing former president Hu Jintao's "[[harmonious]] society." In pre-Internet language, a crab is also a bully. | |
| − | + | Both "harmony" and "river crab" can be used as verbs. Instead of saying something has been censored, you can say it has been [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323874204578219832868014140.html "harmonized" (被和谐 bèi héxié) or "river-crabbed" (被河蟹了 bèi héxiè)]. | |
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In Chinese [[mythical creatures|Internet mythology]], the river crab threatens the habitat of the [[grass-mud horse]], also a symbol of online deviance. A popular [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D2eh4xehc4 cartoon] illustrates this struggle. | In Chinese [[mythical creatures|Internet mythology]], the river crab threatens the habitat of the [[grass-mud horse]], also a symbol of online deviance. A popular [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D2eh4xehc4 cartoon] illustrates this struggle. | ||
| − | [[Category: Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon]] | + | [[Category:Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon]][[Category:Censorship and Propaganda]][[Category:Hu Jintao]] |
2015年6月9日 (二) 20:57的版本
河蟹 (héxiè): river crab
River crab wearing three watches (带三个表 dài sān ge biǎo), alluding to Jiang Zemin’s Three Represents (三个代表 sān ge dàibiǎo). (source unknown)
Troublesome creature whose name echoes "harmony" (和谐 héxié); euphemism for censorship. Coined by netizens as a reference to the government's justification of censorship as an essential ingredient in constructing former president Hu Jintao's "harmonious society." In pre-Internet language, a crab is also a bully.
Both "harmony" and "river crab" can be used as verbs. Instead of saying something has been censored, you can say it has been "harmonized" (被和谐 bèi héxié) or "river-crabbed" (被河蟹了 bèi héxiè).
In Chinese Internet mythology, the river crab threatens the habitat of the grass-mud horse, also a symbol of online deviance. A popular cartoon illustrates this struggle.
