The Top 5 Viral Phrases Initiated By Chinese Women in 2015

 

I'll bring you, you bring money. [taohuaan.net]

我带着你，你带着钱
I'll bring you, you bring money.

With the arrival of spring, families all around China annually prepare for the biggest travel holiday in the nation. China Daily reports that the "Spring Festival Rush" has consistently seen well over 200 million train passengers as workers return home and people at home spread out to explore new territory. Each year, the number breaks records as the world's largest human migration.

In preparation for the nation's biggest traveling season, the mother of a student in Shanghai wrote her daughter Yaya a poem that struck a chord with citizens all around China. "Spring is here! Yaya, Let's go travel! I'll bring you, you bring money," the poem begins before rattling out a list of scenic resorts across the nation. "Let's go on a journey of impulsive travel! I'll bring you, you bring money. Never mind if it's the ends of the sky or the corner of the ocean! I'll bring you, Yaya, you bring money! You must remember to bring money!"

The woman has remained anonymous since her prose blew up on the web, but her daughter reports that her mother was thrilled by the attention, swiping through each comment as her poem was "shared" on the Twitter-like application Weibo over 2,000 times. Cyber-Story reports that the sophomore design student praised her mother's quick wit, claiming that everyone around her delights in the woman's entertaining anecdotes and phrasings.

I could rely on my face to eat, but unfortunately I'm still relying on my talent. [emotion.aili.com]

能靠长相吃饭却偏偏要靠才华
I could rely on my face to eat, but unfortunately I'm still relying on my talent.

One of China's biggest commercial web portals, Sohu Entertainment, reported that when "comedic goddess" Jia Ling hit the stage on the famous Spring Festival televised special in 2010, audiences were quick to commend her for saving the show with her sharp wit and clever comebacks. She became the nation’s most beloved celebrity, with fans swarming to her self-effacing comedic style. Though her comedy staged in 2015 Spring Festival Gala caused great controversy over the play's discrimination against "fat" women and tom-boy style women, Jia won many fans with her diligence and persistence despite hardships in her early career.

However, the country was in for a surprise when in March she performed another sketch for the Lantern Festival, dropping her usual "Nvhanzi" or "Proud Tom-boy" style in favor of a fully decked out elegant costume of white lace. The web went ablaze again, with fans bursting with delight as they discovered the comedy idol was much more beautiful than she had revealed in her initial launch to fame. In response, Jia, true to her nature, retorted "I showed that obviously I could rely on my face to eat, but unfortunately I'm still relying on my talent."

The phrase earned her even more admiration as young people around the nation recycled the sentence in their own selfies, causing another wave of affection for the charismatic actress.

You city people really know how to play. [blog.sina]