A few years ago the Chinese people invented a new noun: guan er dai (官二代), meaning the children of government officials. There was already fu er dai, meaning the children of rich people.
The reason for the new term is that guan er dai act badly. A few weeks ago at Hebei University, a guan er dai, driving a car on campus, hit and killed a girl. Angry bystanders gathered around the car. “My father is Li Gang!” shouted the guan er dai. Li Gang is a mid-level police official. Not especially powerful, but powerful enough. Hubei University covered up the incident.
Government officials have always been very powerful, said the friend who told me this. But only recently have people become aware of this. This is why guan er dai is a new term.
A few years ago a Tsinghua sociology professor and a graduate student wrote a book about the hierarchy within Chinese society. Government officials on top, below them business people, and so on. Perhaps farmers at the bottom. The government did not allow this book to be published — “we are not on top of society, we are the servants!” said a government official. All that work, down the drain.
More The reckless driver was sentenced to three years in prison. The New York Times has a long article about this.
It’s guan er dai, not guan er di
thanks for the correction.
Quite reminiscent of Chappaquidick, eh?
yes, reminiscent of Chappaquidick but the implications — that there are hundreds of thousands of guan er dai that can get away with killing someone with their car — are worse.
We Chinese also create some Chinese-Style English which maybe only Chinese can fully understand:
gelivable 给力 very exciting
smilence笑而ä¸è¯ smile without words
togayther终æˆçœ·å±ž “gay” together
democrazy痴心妄想 the idea of acheiving democracy is crazy
shitizenå±æ°‘ citizen is shit
innernetä¸å›½äº’è”网 Chinese Internet
departyment（政府）有关部门 related department of the Party
chinsumer 在国外疯狂è´ç‰©çš„ä¸å›½äºº Chinese who crazyly consume when they are abroad
emotionormal 情绪稳定 usually seen on newspapers,people are in normal emotion but actually they aren’t
sexretary 女秘书 employ a secretary for “sex”
halfyuan五毛 people who support the party by their words on the Internet
canclensor 审查 “censor” implies “cancle”
wall· e 防ç«å¢™ firewall
circusee 围观 onlookers
vegeteal å·èœ steal “vegetables” on the Internet
yakshit 亚克西
animale 男人天性 nature of male
corpspend æžå°¸è´¹ spend for salvaging corpse
suihide 躲猫猫 hide and seek
niubility 牛逼 powerful
antizenèšæ°‘ citizen who live as ant
gunvernment枪æ†å政æƒ
propoorty房地产 real estate
stuck market 股市 stock market
livelihard生活 life
stupig笨猪 stupid pig
Z-turn 折腾 toss
don’train 动车 EMU
foulsball ä¸å›½è¶³çƒ Chinese Football
gambller 干部 cadre
goveruption 政府 government
harmany 河蟹 eliminate sth they think bad for the government’s reputation,such as the Nobel Peace Prize owner Liu Xiaobo,We can’t find any information about him on the Internet,regardless of whether or not what he did is proper.
profartssor å«å…½ professor who fart(say bullshit)
freedamnä¸å›½ç‰¹è‰²è‡ªç”± Chinese-Style freedom
In fact,Things are not as good as we imagine,but also not as bad as we think.
I don’t think the driver was sentenced, the plaintiff withdrew his accusation.