{"id":14189,"date":"2021-01-04T06:14:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T06:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.thatsmandarin.com\/?p=14189"},"modified":"2021-05-05T10:35:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T10:35:17","slug":"chinese-slang-666-or-%e5%85%ad%e5%85%ad%e5%85%ad-liuliuliu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/api.thatsmandarin.com\/blog\/chinese-slang-666-or-%e5%85%ad%e5%85%ad%e5%85%ad-liuliuliu\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Slang: 666, or \u516d\u516d\u516d (li\u00f9li\u00f9li\u00f9)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\tDo you know what the popular expression \u201c666\u201d (li\u00f9li\u00f9li\u00f9) means?<\/p>\n
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It has the same pronunciation with \u6e9c\u6e9c\u6e9c (li\u00f9li\u00f9li\u00f9) and is very similar to \u725b\u725b\u725b (ni\u00fani\u00fani\u00fa), which came from \u725b\u903c (ni\u00fab\u012b) \u2013 “cool”, “amazing” (which is a very colloquial word, by the way). It’s also very close in meaning to \u5389\u5bb3 (l\u00echai), which means “awesome”.<\/p>\n
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In Western countries, this combination of numbers is not considered lucky and even referred to as the “number of the beast
\n, but in Chinese, it has a very positive connotation.<\/p>\n
So next time you talk to your friends online and want to praise them on something, you can just send \u201c666!\u201d<\/p>\n
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So now you have quite a few ways to say \u201cYOU ARE SOOOO COOL\u201d:\u2800<\/p>\n
💥 666! (Li\u00f9li\u00f9li\u00f9!)
\n💥 \u4f60\u592a\u6e9c\u4e86\uff01 (Ni t\u00e0i li\u00f9 le!)
\n💥 \u4f60\u592a6\u4e86\uff01 (Ni t\u00e0i li\u00f9 le!)
\n💥 \u4f60\u592a\u5389\u5bb3\u4e86\uff01 (Ni t\u00e0i l\u00echai le!)<\/p>\n
\u2800
\nWhich one do you prefer? And wouldn’t you be afraid of using \u201c666\u201d in the conversation?<\/p>\n
And can you think of a sentence to which you can answer with one of the expressions above?\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Do you know what the popular expression \u201c666\u201d (li\u00f9li\u00f9li\u00f9) means? Meaning of \u516d\u516d\u516d It has the same pronunciation with \u6e9c\u6e9c\u6e9c (li\u00f9li\u00f9li\u00f9) and is very similar to \u725b\u725b\u725b (ni\u00fani\u00fani\u00fa), which came from \u725b\u903c (ni\u00fab\u012b) \u2013 “cool”, “amazing” (which is a very colloquial word, by the way). It’s also very close in meaning to \u5389\u5bb3 (l\u00echai), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":14199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[275,239],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n