2014-12-02

Our Say Wow

我和我的小伙伴们都惊呆了! (I and my little buddies are all shocked!)” is a very popular saying in China. It ranked in the 2nd place in our Top 10 Most Popular Chinese Words - 2014. In the article, we learned the pinyin for this sentence is “wǒ hé wǒde xiǎo huǒbàn men dōu jīnɡdāi le”.

The article has already covered the general meaning of this popular Chinese saying, but today we are going to discuss it in details, including its origin, usage, and how popular it really is. As we mentioned earlier, this sentence first appeared in a pupil’s essay telling the origin of Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. The meaning of his essay goes: 
Hot Chinese Words 我和我的小伙伴都惊呆了

In his essay, the pupil tells the origin of a traditional festival - Dragon Boat Festival in very amazing and imaginative words. The plot of his story includes love on campus, the life of Qu Yuan, a great poet in China, the wars between Communist Party and Kuomintang and “Long lives chairman Mao” etc. His essay was posted to a Chinese mini-blog platform Sina, which was like U.S’s Twitter, and the sentence came out and soon got its trends. Since its birth, this saying has become extremely popular among young people in China. A video MV was even recorded by the “Queen of Ridiculous Song” Wang Lin, who will never miss a chance getting hot.Check this out!


The sentence 我和我的小伙伴都惊呆了 is used to show someone is very shocked at something happened. Now we will use examples to learn how to use it. When hearing of some super stars’ breaking up, some officials’ corruption or whatever shocks you, you all can use the phrase to express your astonishment. But this sentence can only be used in casual Chinese conversation instead of a formal occasion. 

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