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<< review queue entry 55006 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> My niece used the expression on Facebook. She posted a picture of a pack of dried spicy squid and a can of "naturally cloudy" Taiwan Beer: https://www.dropbox.com/s/unyf33r72yer2r8/squid_beer.jpg?dl=0 and wrote 小孩去睡覺了，這是媽媽當酒鬼時間!!!! Her sister commented 酒鬼媽媽, and she responded 當媽的很需要,這是媽咪的小確幸時間. The mixed bliss of thinking small in Taiwan The word "little", on the other hand, is in vogue for more positive reasons. Buzz terms starting with "little" generally have a Japanese connotation of small scope and high quality. The term "little but certain happiness", which has mushroomed in the pages of local newspaper, was coined by Japanese author Haruki Murakami in his 1996 essay "How to Find a Whirling Cat". [see also the paragraphs following that one] http://www.nationmultimedia.com/opinion/The-mixed-bliss-of-thinking-small-in-Taiwan-30197818.html “小确幸”一词的意思是微小而确实的幸福，是稍纵即逝的美好，出自村上春树的随笔，由翻译家林少华直译而进入现代汉语 ... 小确幸就是这样一些东西：摸摸口袋，发现居然有钱；电话响了，拿起听筒发现是刚才想念的人；你打算买的东西恰好降价了 ... http://baike.baidu.com/subview/3182725/11094627.htm “小确幸”一词来自于村上春树的《兰格汉斯岛的午后》散文集，通过我国翻译家林少华翻译过来。是的，在我们平常的生活中，我们确实有许多“微小而又确切的幸福”。只要我们用心体验，热爱生活，那么我们随处就能发现这种小幸福，从而感觉到活着真的是一件轻松而又愉快的事。 http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_59ea155001011ner.html What does “a little happiness in hand” mean? Murakami, a marathon runner, once suggested: “a cold beer after a hard workout.” “If we don’t have this kind of a little happiness, life would be like a dry, arid desert,” Murakami said. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2014/03/02/2003584659 Murakami has defined his invented term with examples like a cold glass of draft beer after a marathon and chancing upon the CD you've always wanted in a second-hand shop. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/editorial/taiwan-issues/2014/04/26/406142/p2/The-'little.htm 面對大環境的險峻挑戰，這群成長於物質從未匱乏、對未來想像相對樂觀而天真的新世代年輕人，通常都無能為力，只能縮進去另一個更小的世界，追求所謂的「小確幸」，也就是眾多「微小而確切」的幸福感。 Faced with such tough challenges, a naïvely optimistic younger generation that had never known material want now finds itself at a loss. Many of its members have responded by shrinking their worlds and pursuing so-called “small joys.” http://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/show_issue.php?id=201260106006E.TXT&table=3&cur_page=1&distype=text When you consider the grandiose life Chu has lived in this era of finding happiness in small things, how can you not envy him at least a little? 如此這般的人生，撞上小確幸當道的年代，多多少少，人人都對朱振藩心懷忌羨吧？！ http://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/show_issue.php?id=2014100310114E.TXT&table=2&cur_page=2&distype= |
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+ 小確幸 小确幸 [xiao3 que4 xing4] /sth small that one can find pleasure in (e.g. a cold beer after a hard day, or a serendipitous find in a second-hand store)/ |