“River crab”的版本间的差异
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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. | 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" ( | + | 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" (''bèi héxié'' 被和谐) or "river-crabbed" (''bèi héxiè'' 被河蟹了)]. |
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 Ecosystem]] | [[Category:Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon]][[Category:Grass-Mud Horse Ecosystem]] | ||
2016年3月11日 (五) 22:29的版本
héxiè 河蟹
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" (bèi héxié 被和谐) or "river-crabbed" (bèi héxiè 被河蟹了).
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.
