Etymology

tang ping

Today it means: A lifestyle and social protest movement in China beginning in April 2021, which is a rejection of societal pressures to overwork. Full definition →

First used 2021Mandarin 躺平 ← ['cmn 躺平
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  1. ['cmn · borrowed from躺平
  2. Mandarin · borrowed from躺平
  3. English todaytang ping

Borrowed from Mandarin 躺平 (tǎngpíng, “to lie flat; (figurative, neologism) to be unwilling to struggle, to quiet quit”, verb). For further etymology, see that entry.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 2021 A lifestyle and social protest movement in China beginning in April 2021, which is a rejection of societal pressures to overwork.

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