猴賽雷

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See also: 猴赛雷

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (猴賽雷)
simp. (猴赛雷)
alternative forms 猴塞雷
猴腮雷

Etymology

Jocular approximation of Cantonese 犀利 (hou2 sai1 lei6) in Mandarin.

Originated in an online post by a young female with the pseudonym of 猴賽雷 who was soliciting for a boyfriend. Her pseudonym was used to ridicule the exorbitantly stringent criteria she listed in the post, and it subsequently spread as a netizen meme since the start of 2016 as it is the year of the monkey in the Chinese calendar.

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Adjective

猴賽雷

  1. (neologism, slang) very impressive; amazing; shocking; synonym of 厲害 / 厉害 (hěn lìhài)