learn Chinese

verb

To quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place.

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Meanings

verblearn Chinese (third-person singular simple present learns Chinese, present participle learning Chinese, simple past and past participle learned Chinese or learnt Chinese)

present singular third person learns Chinese · participle present learning Chinese · participle past learned Chinese · past learned Chinese · participle past learnt Chinese · past learnt Chinese

  1. derogatoryslanghobbiesTo quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place.

    “Every single hater who told me to learn Chinese, I’m glad because I’m going to Shanghai” Asuna shut the haters down 🔒

    2024 May 10, @ValorINTEL, Twitter
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    Our best starting line up against 18th in League 1, we either win 5-0 or every single one of those players need to start learning Chinese.

    2024 January 7, @UTDTrey, Twitter

    Absolute ass bowling. no swing at all, 115kph bouncers to short ball veterans. Always ruins the pp spell of Tushar. I expected so much from him, really disappointed. Better turn the things around or learn Chinese

    2024 April 1, @CSKYash_, Twitter
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see learn, Chinese.

Origin

From the phrase "Get ready to learn Chinese, buddy," originating from an image macro falsely quoting NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in reference to controversy surrounding player Kyrie Irving, suggesting that Irving should be exiled to lower-tier Chinese league.

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APA

learn Chinese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/learn%20Chinese

MLA

“learn Chinese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/learn%20Chinese. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “learn Chinese,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/learn%20Chinese.

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