{"id":186317,"date":"2015-08-20T13:29:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T20:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=186317"},"modified":"2015-08-20T13:29:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T20:29:25","slug":"saying-of-the-week-autumn-rain-has-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/08\/saying-of-the-week-autumn-rain-has-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Saying of the Week: Autumn Rain Has Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Word of the Week<\/a>\u00a0comes from the\u00a0Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon<\/a>, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and 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.<\/em><\/p>\n

qi\u016by\u01d4 h\u00e1nl\u00e8i<\/em> \u79cb\u96e8\u542b\u6cea<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
\"Yu<\/a>

Yu Qiuyu with a copy of his inflammatory essay. (Artist: Ah Niu \u963f\u725b)<\/p><\/div>\n

Crocodile tears shed while urging victims of a natural or man-made disaster to silence their grievances; literally “[Yu] Qiuyu has tears in his eyes.” Related to “tearfully urge<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

A month after the May 12, 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, the essayist Yu Qiuyu<\/a> published “A Tearful Request for the Earthquake Survivors<\/a>” (\u542b\u6cea\u529d\u544a\u8bf7\u613f\u707e\u6c11<\/a>), in which he implored parents of the 9,000 students who died in poorly constructed buildings<\/a> to stop their protests against the government. He suggested that the parents were being used by those with “ulterior motives<\/a>” and by “anti-Chinese forces.” Many netizens accused Yu of trying to protect the corrupt politicians and contractors whose greed and negligence had led to so many deaths.<\/p>\n

After chemical explosions in Tianjin on August 12, 2015<\/a> killed 114 and displaced thousands of residents, netizens recalled that “autumn rain has tears”:<\/p>\n

Famingrulai<\/em> (@\u6cd5\u660e\u5982\u6765): This enormous Asian party dictatorship reaches farther into every corner than the autocratic empire of yore. Human nature has been swallowed up by Party nature<\/a>, so that all that can come out is “Zhaoshan envies ghosts<\/a>,” “autumn rain has tears<\/strong>,” and the like. (August 19, 2015)<\/p>\n

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Can\u2019t get enough of subversive Chinese netspeak? Check out our\u00a0latest\u00a0ebook, \u201cDecoding the Chinese Internet: A Glossary of Political Slang<\/a>.\u201d Includes dozens of new terms and classic catchphrases, presented in a new, image-rich format.\u00a0Available for pay-what-you-want (including nothing). All proceeds support CDT.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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