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十面霾伏
Besieged by haze
Many cities in China’s central and eastern areas have been enveloped in dense haze and smog this winter, partly because of heavy pollution. Hence this Chinese expression, based on the Chinese idiom 十面埋伏 which means being besieged.
暴表
Off the index
The air quality index in Beijing has gone off the scale on several days over the past few weeks because of the dense haze.
城市离心力
Urban loneliness
The bigger a city, the more lonely a resident will become. That’s what many young Chinese urbanites have felt in recent years, amid China’s spectacular economic growth. This expression borrows the Chinese word for centrifugal force to refer to the distance between hearts and the lack of friends they find in big cities compared to smaller towns.
烂尾新闻
Cold follow-up to hot news
Some local governments take superficial action after problems involving employees or departments make the headlines. Critics say these are only designed to calm discontent or deflect criticism, not solve problems.
屏幕少年
Screenagers
A British survey of 3,000 youngsters found that many teenagers spend nearly 10 hours a day staring at smartphones, TV, iPods, laptops or playing video games.
微博肥胖
Social media obesity
People who spend long time on social media sites tend to be overweight or obese, researchers at Columbia University in the United States found.