One-liners in Wenzhou slang

Do you really want rotten sweet potatoes from Tang Di? He has always been so stingy that he can't lend you so much money! "

"He said he would help me a year ago. I didn't know it was just a fart-the shadow was gone!"

You must have heard the slang that these Wenzhou people often say. However, the meaning in the discourse has not had time to ponder carefully.

Sometimes, hearing a string of such slang slip out of your mouth will make people laugh. Slang, to put it bluntly, is a popular and humorous proverb circulating among the people. Wenzhou slang is humorous, figurative, satirical and sharp, and its expression is unique. Only these words are less and less used by the younger generation.

Mr. Quan Jinlin, a retired worker in Kai Guanchang, our city, specially sorted out the slang in Wenzhou dialect. He collected a large number of Wenzhou slang, two-part allegorical sayings, nursery rhymes and riddles. When these words were only handwritten, Wenzhou people who had emigrated overseas called and wanted this manuscript. "These Wenzhou slang words have a strong flavor of hometown." Teacher Quan's books are also welcomed by many young mothers. They said, read these Wenzhou old sayings to children more. It is both interesting and meaningful.

Middle-aged and elderly people over 50 frequently use Wenzhou slang. Some people worry that these slang words with distinctive local characteristics will drift away and gradually disappear from people's mouths.

"Wenzhou slang has its own life cycle, and they will not disappear." Jin Wenping, vice chairman of the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, understood the language development in the new era. He gave an example. Use Wenzhou dialect to describe this person as stupid. In the past, he would say "your brain really collapsed", but later it became "your brain lacks a screw", and now it has evolved into "your brain really collapsed". He believes that the appearance of every slang sentence is closely related to people's living environment at that time. Because the new slang is more suitable for the current environment, it will inevitably replace the old slang.

It has also been suggested that "dialect slang is only a local dialect, and it is difficult to appeal to elegance and vulgarity". Qian Nairong, a language expert, believes that all languages are equal and there is no class distinction. Dialect is the most natural and essential basis for expressing China's multiculturalism. The culture of a region is a unique creation of a country's soil and water and a contribution to human multiculturalism.

Now, Putonghua is widely promoted throughout the country. Language experts point out that learning dialects and learning English will not affect learning Mandarin well. Dialect slang and Putonghua play different social functions in different social occasions. They should live in harmony and win-win interaction. Dialects will develop healthily if they are not suppressed and let nature take its course.

Here, we specially selected some slang words and asked Mr. Quan Jinlin to explain them to us one by one. Whether you are from Wenzhou or New Wenzhou, you might as well do these slang topics and see how many points you can get.