With the development
of the society, new words in a certain language were born. So it is with
Chinese. Among them is “富二代”or fu4 er4 dai4. So, what does it mean? In this
phrase, the Chinese character 富 means rich. Grammatically, it is used as an adjective here(Learn more
grammars with mandarin
tutorial online). 二 means two and 代 means generation. In English, “富二代”can be translated as Rich 2G, the second generation
that are very wealthy.
Since it came into
being, this phrase has been very popular in spoken Chinese. It first appeared in a Chinese TV show called《鲁豫有约》. It refers to a group of young people who
were born in 1980s or 1990s with silver spoons. Their parents are either millionaires
or billionaires in China.
You may think it
is a good thing to be rich and like it when people say that “Hey, you are rich”.
However, the phrase 富二代 has had a bad fame, sometimes regarded as an insult in China, mostly because
of the bad behaviors and influence done by 富二代 in China. In China, 富二代 leaves such an impression: play with friends, drive
expensive car, bubble beautiful girls, and often change girlfriends, often go
to senior bars, themselves or friends are often hold party, they are crazy in
playing, and keen on foreign brands like LV DIORf, they also like to show their
watch which value the thousands.
Being rich is a
very common phenomenon in modern China. But unlike their parents, who went from
rags to riches during China's early stages of "opening up", Rich 2G
members are often criticized for inheriting huge assets from their parents and
are being labeled as a generation with less responsibility and an inclination
to indulge in pleasure-seeking.
Money is a good servant, but a bad master. On
the concept of wealth, we still have many road to go.
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