was arrested for his involvement in a gang rape<\/a>; it was widely believed that the younger Li felt he could get away with such acts because of his father\u2019s status and wealth.<\/p>\nMany Chinese who \u201ccompare fathers\u201d do not do so in such a criminal way; they merely enjoy some preferential treatment and have more opportunities than those without connections. However, when young people like Li Qiming and Li Tianyi \u201ccompare fathers,\u201d they are often described as being \u5751\u7239 k\u0113ng di\u0113, or \u201cfather-hurting,\u201d a term originally used to refer more broadly to unsatisfactory circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0Word of the Week\u00a0comes from China Digital Space\u2019s\u00a0Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China\u2019s online \u201cresistance discourse,\u201d used to mock and subvert the official language around censorship and political correctness. \u62fc\u7239 (p\u012bn di\u0113): compare fathers This term is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":991,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[99,2,14748,14744,100,5,4202],"tags":[14478,14780,14803,15153],"class_list":["post-156069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cdt-highlights","category-economy","category-gmh","category-level-2-article","category-politics","category-society","category-translation","tag-li-gang","tag-li-tianyi","tag-rich-second-generation","tag-word-of-the-week","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
Phrase of the Week: Compare Fathers<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n