Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon: Browse by Topic

How to Search: This page is organized in pinyin (romanization) order. For example, the entry “grass-mud horse” is under the letter “C” for “cǎonímǎ” and appears with first the Chinese characters, then the pinyin and the English (i.e. 草泥马 (cǎo ní mǎ) grass-mud horse). To search in English, press the Control (CTRL) and F keys simultaneously. This will pull up a search bar and direct you to whichever English term you enter as it appears on this page. You can also use the search bar in the upper right hand corner.

Introduction to the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon

A

1. 爱国贼 (àiguó zéi) patriotraitor (patriot + traitor)
2. 爱未来 (ài wèilái) love the future

B

1. 被时代 (bèi shídài) era of passive tense
2. 被代表，被自杀，被增长，被墙奸, 被XX (bèi dàibiǎo, bèi zìshā, bèi zēngzhǎng, bèi qiáng jiān, bèi XX) be represented, be suicided, be increased, be GFWed, be XXed
3. 霸道部 (Bàdao Bù) Ministry of Bullying
4. 不明真相 (bùmíngzhēnxiàng) don’t understand the actual situation
5. 布鸣真象 (见：真象) (bù míng zhēnxiàng) cloth chirp elephant of truth (see elephant of truth)
6. 不要乱说话 (búyào luàn shuōhuà) do not make irresponsible remarks
7. 别有用心 (biéyǒuyòngxīn) ulterior motives
8. 不差钱 (bù chā qián) no shortage of money
9. 不折腾 (bù zhēteng) free from turmoil
10. 八万哥 (Bāwàn Gē) 80k bro
11. 薄督 (Bó Dū) Captain Bo

C

1. 草泥马 (cǎonímǎ) grass-mud horse
2. 叉腰肌 (chāyāojī) iliopsoas
3. 拆哪 (Chāi Nǎ) demolish it
4. CCAV China Central Adult Video
5. 纵做鬼，也幸福 (zòng zuòguǐ, yě xìngfú) Even the destruction is a blessing
6. 初级阶段 (chūjí jiēduàn) primary stage (of socialism)
7. 此贴必删 删前留名 (cǐ tiē bì shān, shān qián liúmíng) This post to be deleted. Before it is deleted please leave your name.
8. Chinternet China + Internet
9. 吃饱了没事干的外国人 (chībǎo le méi shì gàn de wàiguórén) foreigners who have eaten their fill and have nothing better to do

D

1. 都是你妈逼的 (dōu shì nǐ mā bī de) Your mother forced this on us
2. 大清 (Dà Qīng) The Empire of the Great Qing
3. 档中央 (Dàng Zhōngyāng) The Central Committee of the Communist Party
4. 躲猫猫 （死）(duǒ māomāo (sǐ)) hide-and-go seek (death)
5. 低俗 (dīsú) vulgar
6. 打酱油 (dǎ jiàngyóu) getting soy sauce
7. 党性大发 (dǎngxìng dàfā) give free reign to one’s "Party" nature
8. 大裤衩 (dà kùchǎ) the big boxer shorts
9. 钓鱼执法 (diàoyú zhífǎ) entrapment
10. 打疫苗 (dǎ yìmiáo) get immunized
11. 地沟油 (dìgōu yóu) ditch oil
12. 毒大米 (dú dàmǐ) poison rice
13. 毒奶粉 (dú nạ̌ifěn) poison milk powder
14. 大中华局域网 (Dà Zhōnghuá Júyùwǎng) The Great Chinese LAN (local area network)
15. 蛋炒饭 (dàn chǎofàn) egg fried rice
16. 毒豺 (dú chái) poison jackal
17. 戴避孕套不算强奸 (dài bìyùntào bú suàn qiángjiān) it’s not rape if you wear a condom
18. 帝都 (dìdū) imperial capital

F

1. 翻墙 (fān qiáng) to scale the wall
2. 非法献花，非法吃喝，非法默哀，非法XX (fēifǎ xiànhuā, fēifǎ chīhē, fēifǎ mò’āi, fēifǎ XX) illegal dedication of flowers, illegal eating and drinking, illegal silent tribute, illegal XX
3. 俯卧撑 (fǔwòchēng) push-ups
4. 饭醉 (fàn zuì) rice-drunk
5. 房奴 (fáng nú) mortgage slave
6. 粪青 (fènqīng) fenqing, shit youth
7. 斧头帮 (fǔtóu bāng) axe gang
8. 富二代 (fù èr dài) rich second generation
9. 法律不是挡箭牌 (fǎlǜ bú shì dǎngjiànpái) the law is not a shield
10. 反腐女战士 (fǎn fǔ nǚzhànshì) anti-corruption warrior princess
11. 非正常方式 (fēi zhèngcháng fāngshì)

G

1. 感谢国家 (gǎnxiè guójiā) thanks to the country
2. 贵国 (guì guó) expensive country
3. 跪国 (guì guó) kneeling country
4. 官府 (guānfǔ) local fiefdom
5. 国宝 (guóbǎo) national treasure
6. 国家罗汉 (guójiā luóhàn) nation’s arhat / nation’s gangster
7. 功夫网 (gōngfu wǎng) kung fu net
8. 广电总急 (Guǎng Diàn zǒng jí) The radio, film and television administration is always anxious
9. 光腚肿菊 (guāngdìng zhǒng jú) bare bottom swollen anus
10. 怪蜀黍 (guài shǔshǔ) strange sorghum
11. 灌狸猿 (guàn lí yuán) watered weasel ape
12. 谷鸽 (gǔ gē) valley dove
13. 骨哥 (gǔ gē) bone brother
14. GFW Great Firewall of China
15. Great Fucking Wall: (See GFW)
16. 官二代 (guān èr dài) Governing second generation
17. 郭美美baby (Guō Měiměi Baby) Babe Guo
18. 给人民一个胶带 (gěi rénmín yī ge jiāodài) give the people some tape
19. 干爹 (gāndiē) godfather

H

1. 河蟹 (héxiè) river crab
2. 和谐号 (héxié hào) "harmony" high-speed train
3. 猴蛇 (hóu shé) monkey-snake
4. 糊煮席 (Hú zhǔ xí) muddled cooked banquet
5. 黑板狐 (hēibǎn hú) the blackboard fox
6. 好五倍 (hǎo wǔ bèi) a good five times better than
7. 皇储 (huángchǔ) heir apparent
8. 喝茶 (hē chá) drink tea
9. 喝开水 (死) (hē kāishuǐ (sǐ)) death from drinking boiled water
10. 很黄很暴力 (hěn huáng hěn bàolì) very erotic, very violent
11. 含泪劝告 (hánlèi quàngào) tearfully urge
12. 火星文 (Huǒxīng wén) Mars script
13. 换锅子没 (huàn guōzi méi) have you changed to (using) a dish?
14. 恨爹不成刚 (hèn diē bù chéng Gāng) despise one’s father for not being Li Gang
15. 胡77 (Hú 77) Hu 77
16. 胡编 (hú biān) the fabricator
17. 混球屎报 (Húnqiú Shǐ Bào) Muddled-Sh*t Times
18. 胡占凡体 (Hú Zhānfán tǐ) Hu Zhanfan couplet
19. 活埋 (huómái) buried alive
20. 红派壹号 (hóng pài yī hào) red pad
21. 核心 (héxīn)

J

1. 菊花文 (júhuā wén) chrysanthemum script
2. 局域网 (júyùwǎng) see: The Great Chinese LAN (local area network)
3. 见过大爷 (jiàn guò dàyé) have you seen grandfather
4. 甲型H1N1流感 (jiǎxíng H1N1 liúgǎn) influenza A virus subtype H1N1
5. 僵鱼 (jiāng yú) stiff fish
6. 酱油委员 (jiàngyóu wěiyuán) soy sauce committee members
7. 脊梁奖 (Jǐliang Jiǎng) The Backbone Award
8. 景德镇 (Jǐngdé zhèn) The town of Jingde
9. 九长老 (jiǔ zhạ̌nglǎo) the nine elders
10. 军大衣 (jūn dàyī) guard in military coat
11. 家里最近怎么样？ (Jiālǐ zuìjìn zěnmeyàng?) How has your family been recently?

K

1. 跨省追捕 (kuàshěng zhuībǔ) captured across provincial lines
2. 开胸验肺 (kāixiōng yànfèi) thoracotomy
3. 狂草泥马 (kuáng cǎonímǎ) crazy grass-mud horse
4. 空椅子 (kòng yǐzi) empty chair
5. 开房局长 (kāifáng júzhǎng) the "room-opening" bureau chief
6. 科学上网 (kēxué shàngwǎng) use the internet "scientifically"

L

1. 绿坝娘 (Lǜ Bà Niáng) green dam girl
2. 滤霸, 驴爸 (lǜ bà, lǘ bà) filter tyrant, donkey father
3. 绿爸爸 (lǜ bàba) green father
4. 蓝爸爸 (lán bàba) blue father
5. 裸体做官 (luọ̌tǐ zuòguān) naked official
6. 临时性强奸, 临时性XX (línshíxìng qiángjiān, línshíxìng XX) temporary rape, temporary XX
7. 淋巴县长 (Línbā Xiànzhǎng) Mayor Lymph
8. 了解祖国 (liạ̌ojiě zǔguó) understand the motherland
9. 林貌杨音 (Lín mào Yáng yīn) Lin imitates Yang’s voice
10. 鲤冈鲃 (lǐ gāng bā) ridged carp-barbel
11. 临时工 (línshígōng) temporary workers
12. 梁书记 (Liáng Shūji)

M

1. 马勒戈壁 (Mǎlè Gēbì) Mahler Desert
2. 目田 (mù tián) eye-field
3. 敏感瓷 (mị̌ngǎn cí) sensitive porcelain
4. 某黑帮 (mǒu hēibāng) a certain gang
5. Ma de in china "f**k" in China
6. 没有强拆就没有新中国 (Méiyǒu qiáng chāi jiù méiyǒu xīn Zhōngguó) Without forced demolitions there can be no new China.
7. 茉莉花 (mòlihuā) jasmine
8. 没希望工程 (Méi Xīwàng Gōngchéng) Project Hope-less
9. 面瘫 (miàn tān)

N

1. 纳米比亚 (Nàmǐbǐyà) Namibia
2. NC (见：脑残) (See: nǎocán) See: brain-damaged
3. 脑残 (nǎocán) brain-damaged
4. 你是哪个单位的？ (Nǐ shì nǎge dānwèi de?) Which work unit are you from?
5. 你有孩子吗？ (Nǐ yǒu háizi ma?) Do you have children?
6. 你懂的 (Nǐ dǒng de) You understand

P

1. P民 (P mín) P people
2. 屁民 (pì mín) rabble
3. 贫二代 (pín èr dài) poor second generation
4. 咆哮体 (páoxiào tǐ) shouting font
5. 呸 (pēi) screw you!
6. 潘币 (Pānbì) Panbi
7. 破坏性实验 (pòhuàixìng shíyàn) destruction experiment
8. 拼爹 (pīn diē)
9. 平西王 (Píngxī Wáng) King Who Pacified the West

Q

1. 墙 (qiáng) wall
2. 墙奸 (qiáng jiān) wall raped
3. 墙国 (qiáng guó) wall nation
4. 墙国论坛 (qiáng guó lùntán) wall nation forum
5. 墙裂（谴责) (qiáng liè (qiǎnzé)) wall crack condemn
6. 禽肛 (qín gāng) bird anus
7. 70码 (70 ma) 70 KPH
8. 欺实马 (qī shí mǎ) horse of deception
9. 去毛 (qù máo) hair removal
10. 秋雨含泪 (qiūyǔ hánlèi) autumn rain has tears
11. 穷二代: (见：贫二代) (qióng èr dài) see: poor second generation
12. 情绪稳定 (qíngxù wěndìng) emotionally stable
13. 岂能因为声音微小而不呐喊 (qǐnéng yīnwèi shēngyīn wēixiǎo ér bú nàhǎn) how can we not speak out just because our voice is small
14. 轻度追尾， 轻度XX (qīngdù zhuīwěi, qīngdù XX) mild collision, mild XX
15. 齐B小短裙 (qí B xiǎo duǎnqún) ass-high miniskirt

R

1. 让领导先走 (ràng lị̌ngdǎo xiān zǒu) leaders first
2. 芮代表 (Ruì Dàibiǎo) Representative Rui
3. 日人民报 (Rì Rénmín Bào) The Screwing People Post

S

1. 山寨 (shānzhài) mountain stronghold
2. 神兽 (shén shòu) mythical creatures
3. 神奇的国度 (shénqí de guódù) mystical country
4. 深情献菊花 (shēnqíng xiàn júhuā) dedicate a chrysanthemum with deep feeling
5. 散步 (sànbù) take a walk
6. 上吊吊 (shàng diào diào) hung to death
7. 三聚氰胺 (sānjù qíng’àn) melamine
8. 三鹿 (Sānlù) Sanlu
9. SB会 (SB huì) SB Conference
10. 伤害中国人民的感情 (shānghài Zhōngguórén mín de gǎnqíng) hurt the Chinese people’s feelings
11. 省长 (shẹ̌ngzhǎng) governor
12. 谁叫你不幸生在中国了 (Sheí jiào nǐ búxìng shēng zài Zhōngguó le?) How were you so unfortunate as to be born in China?
13. 蒜你狠、豆你玩系列 (suàn nǐ hěn, dòu nǐ wán xìliè) vicious garlic, play with beans, and other similar phrases
14. 随波逐刘 (suí bō zhú Liú) go with the flow
15. 试探性自杀 (shìtànxìng zìshā) half-hearted suicide attempt
16. 汕尾体 (shàn wěi tǐ)
17. 胜利大逃亡 (shènglì dà táowáng)
18. 适度腐败 (shìdù fǔbài)

T

1. 天朝 (Tiāncháo) Celestial Empire
2. 天朝上锅 (Tiāncháo shàng guō) Celestial Empire goes into the pot
3. 天朝P民 (Tiāncháo P mín) P people of the Celestial Empire
4. 兲朝 (见：天朝) (Tiāncháo) See: Celestial Empire
5. 他妈的 (tāmāde) WTF?!
6. 体育墙国 (tǐyù qiáng guó) wall country in athletics
7. 替党说话，还是准备替老百姓说话？ (Tì Dǎng shuōhuà, háishi zhǔnbèi tì lạ̌obǎixìng shuōhuà?) Will you speak for the Party, or are you prepared to speak for the people?
8. TG
9. 天雷提案 (tiān léi tí’àn) shocking proposals
10. 舔菊党 (tiǎn jú dǎng)

W

1. 稳腚 (wěn dìng) stable bottom
2. 围观 (wéiguān) surround and watch
3. 围观五猫 (wéiguān wǔ māo) surround and watch five cats
4. 微勃 (wēi bó) slight erection
5. 微软 (Wēiruǎn) Microsoft
6. 蜗居族 (wōjū zú) snail dwelling tribe
7. 伟光正 (wěi guāng zhèng) great, glorious and correct
8. 伟大的墙 (wěidà de qiáng) great wall
9. 为人民币服务 (wèi rénmínbì fúwù) serve the renminbi
10. 五毛 (wǔ máo) fifty cents
11. 五毛党 (Wǔ Máo Dǎng) Fifty Cent Party
12. 五毛谠 (wǔ máo dǎng) fifty cents honest
13. 五号 (wǔ hào) number five
14. 卧草泥马 (wò cǎonímǎ) crouching grass mud horse
15. 五月三十五日 (wǔ yuè sānshíwǔ rì) The Thirty-Fifth of May
16. 我爸爸是李刚 (Wǒ bàba shì lǐ gāng) My father is Li Gang
17. 我只为领导服务 (Wǒ zhǐ wèi lị̌ngdǎo fúwù) I only serve the leaders
18. 我们做了一个艰难的决定 (Wǒmen zuòle yī ge jiānnán de juédìng) We have made a tough decision
19. 我要作人 (Wǒ yào zuòrén) I will be a person

X

1. 县长 （见：淋巴县长）(Xiànzhǎng) See: Mayor Lymph
2. 熊猫： (见：国宝) (xióngmāo) See: national treasure
3. 相關部門 ((见：有关部门) (xiāngguān bùmén) See: relevant departments
4. 西朝鲜 (Xī Cháoxiǎn) West Korea
5. 信韩寒不脑残 (Xìn Hán Hán bù nǎocán) Believe in Han Han and you won’t be a retard
6. 信艾神，原地满状态复活 (Xìn Ài Shén, yuándì mǎn zhuàngtài fùhuó) Believe in the god Ai and be completely resurrected on the spot
7. 心神不宁 (xīnshén bùníng) disturbed
8. 下一盘很大的棋 (xià yī pán hěn dà de qí) play a big game of chess
9. 萱萱 (xuānxuān) daylily
10. 血拆 (xué chāi) bloody demolition
11. 闲扯淡 (xián chědàn) idle chit-chat
12. 西红柿 (xīhóngshì) tomato
13. 辛卯借款 (xīnmǎo jièkuǎn)
14. 休假式治疗 (xiūjià shì zhìliáo) vacation-style therapy

Y

1. 影帝 (yǐngdì) movie star
2. 亚克蜥 (Yàkèxī) Yax Lizard
3. 一小撮 (yīxiǎo cuō) a small bunch
4. 殃视 (yāng shì) calamity TV
5. 羊叫兽 (yáng jiào shòu) sheep calls to the beast
6. 远程爱国者捣蛋 (yuǎnchéng àiguózhě dǎodàn) long distance patriot makes mischief
7. 压力差 (yālì chāi) pressure differential
8. 有司 (yǒusī) official
9. 有关部门 (yǒuguān bùmén) relevant department
10. 援交部 (Yuánjiāo Bù)
11. 药奸菊 (yào jiān jú)

Z

1. 这事儿不能说太细 (Zhè shìr bùnéng shuō tài xì) This cannot be explained in great detail.
2. 周老虎 (Zhōu Lạ̌ohǔ) Tiger Zhou
3. 正龙拍虎 (zhèng lóng pāi hǔ) upright dragon pats the tiger
4. 真理部 (Zhēnlǐ Bù) Ministry of Truth
5. 真象 (zhēnxiàng) elephant of truth
6. 暂住 (zànzhù) temporary residence
7. 转世 (zhuǎnshì) reincarnate
8. 砖家 (zhuān jiā) brickspert
9. 做噩梦（死）(zuò èmèng (sǐ)) death from nightmare
10. 专业孙子 (zhuānyè sūnzi) professional grandchild
11. 职业孙子 (见：专业孙子) (zhíyè sūnzi) career grandchild (see: professional grandchild)
12. 中国人民从此战栗起来了 (Zhōngguórén mín cóngcǐ zhànlì qǐlai le) The Chinese people have begun to tremble
13. 中国人需要管的 (Zhōngguórén xūyào guǎn de) Chinese people need to be controlled
14. 中国的互联网是开放的 (Zhōngguó de hùliánwǎng shì kāifàng de) China’s internet is open
15. 转发就是力量 (zhuǎnfā jiùshì lìliang) Reposting is power
16. 周自宫 (Zhōu Zìgōng) Zhou self-castration
17. 做一个艰难的决定 (zuò yī ge jiānnán de juédìng) make a tough decision
18. 镇上 (Zhèn shàng) in town
19. 这是一个奇迹 (zhè shì yī ge qíjì) this is a miracle
20. 至于你信不信，由你，我反正是信了 (Zhìyú nǐ xìn bú xìn, yóu nǐ, wǒ fǎnzhèng shì xìnle) Whether you believe it or not, it’s up to you, but I do anyway.
21. 中国人民的老朋友 (Zhōngguórén mín de lǎopéngyou)