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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2018-10-18 10:59:28 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 63098 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 1) Users will take it to mean "currently widespread (as of the time of writing)". But the definition doesn't say when the entry was written, so it's pointless to say "currently". 2) Dictionaries say it's a verb - K GR GF Wiktionary etc https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%E7%A2%B0%E7%93%B7&oldid=42589042 3) It's not necessarily about "crashing cars". More often, the scammer is a pedestrian, I believe. <QUOTE> On Dec. 24, a middle-aged woman in the city of Nanyang, in central China's Henan province, was caught on a dashcam as she ran across a road and launched herself onto a car. It's a not-too-uncommon scam in China. Suspects will seek out a car driving at a slow speed and hurl themselves in front of it, only to ask for compensation afterward. The eagle-eyed driver in this case slowed down to a full stop before the fraudster auntie reached the car, leaving her with no apparent choice but to jump forward onto the car and then awkwardly fall backward in an act that one Chinese netizen called "Worst Performance Ever." <UNQUOTE> https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/12/28/507245116/a-chinese-lady-does-a-really-bad-job-pretending-to-be-hit-by-a-car |
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- 碰瓷 碰瓷 [peng4 ci2] /a currently widespread fraud in PRC involving deliberately crashing cars then demanding compensation/ + 碰瓷 碰瓷 [peng4 ci2] /(coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car)/ |