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| Processed by: | richwarm (2022-07-03 01:06:26 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 71033 - submitted by 'pzelchenko' >> Going through student introspective essays so you might get barraged; sorry. Context is: "虽然有点心灵鸡汤，但说的也很有十分中肯不无道理" ------------------------------------ Editor: 1) "you might get barraged" Haha. Well, let's see how we go. Only two so far, I think(?) 2) I appreciate you including that context sentence. Thanks, it's helpful. 3) The phrase "used in the negative" in this dictionary would mean that people say things like "不是心灵鸡汤". But I think you mean "used with a negative connotation", i.e. disparagingly, as in your context example: 虽然有点心灵鸡汤... 4) Note that we already have the following entry: 雞湯 鸡汤 [ji1 tang1] /chicken stock/chicken soup/(fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)/ And there are derivative terms such as 雞湯文 (defined by Wiktionary as "inspirational article (often implying little real content)"). |
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# 心靈(雞|鷄)湯 心灵鸡汤 [xin1ling2 ji1tang1] /lit. "chicken soup for the soul" (occasionally used in the negative mean "overly sentimental")/ + 心靈雞湯 心灵鸡汤 [xin1 ling2 ji1 tang1] /(often used disparagingly) feel-good motivational story or quote (from the Chinese translation of the title of the 1993 self-help bestseller "Chicken Soup for the Soul")/ |