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Change log entry 75068
Processed by: richwarm (2022-06-23 23:19:05 GMT)
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https://chinamediaproject.org/the_ccp_dictionary/runology%ef%bf%bc/
In the midst of the Shanghai lockdown from late March 2022, many residents confined to their apartments went online, where discussions of “runology” – how and where to In online discussions, “Runology” has sometimes been characterized as one of three possible choices facing young people in China today, in the midst of a worsening economy and a toxic social and political climate of diminishing freedoms. One choice is to remain in China and apply oneself to a career in which only “involution” (内卷) is possible – a reference to to the idea that young people today work in a highly competitive environment with few prospects for real advancement, and become more and more exhausted in the process. Another choice is to simply relinquish ambition and live life “lying flat” (躺平), rejecting overwork in hedonistic protest. The third option is “Runology,” finding a way to escape China’s problems and its personal frustrations.

In online discussions, “Runology” has sometimes been characterized as one of three possible choices facing young people in China today, in the midst of a worsening economy and a toxic social and political climate of diminishing freedoms. One choice is to remain in China and apply oneself to a career in which only “involution” (内卷) is possible – a reference to to the idea that young people today work in a highly competitive environment with few prospects for real advancement, and become more and more exhausted in the process. Another choice is to simply relinquish ambition and live life “lying flat” (躺平), rejecting overwork in hedonistic protest. The third option is “Runology,” finding a way to escape China’s problems and its personal frustrations.

https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E6%B6%A6%E5%AD%A6
润学,动词形式润(拼音:rùn,引申为跑开、移民海外之义),是一个源于中国大陆的网络迷因,意指研究如何离开中国并移民到发达国家的学问。“润”与内卷、躺平被认为是中国90后和00后年轻人职业发展的三种选择。
Diff:
# 潤學 润学 [run4 xue2] /Runology (the research of how/where to emigrate to, esp. from mainland China)/
+ 潤學 润学 [run4 xue2] /(neologism) (slang) study of how to flee from adverse conditions in China by emigrating/
- 潤 润 [run4] /to moisten/to lubricate/to embellish/moist/glossy/sleek/(slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate/
+ 潤 润 [run4] /moist; glossy; sleek/to moisten; to lubricate/to embellish; to enhance/profit; remuneration/(neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions)/
By MDBG 2024
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