佛系
Fó xì
Pinyin
Definition
佛系
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- (neologism c. 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (11)
不看僧面看佛面
- 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
- 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
佛口蛇心
- 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
- 2 malicious and duplicitous
借花献佛
- 1 lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
- 2 plagiarism
平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚
- 1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
- 2 doing things at the last minute
- 3 to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
抱佛脚
- 1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
- 2 panic measures in place of timely preparation
Sample Sentences
我觉得难度系数最高的难叫左右为难。也就是说,当妈当的很为难,不知道该当虎妈还是羊妈,佛系妈。
What scores highest in the scale of difficulties is "between a rock and a hard place". In this example, the mother is between a rock and a hard place, wondering whether to be a "tiger mom", or a "lamb mom" "Zen mom."