佛系青年

fóxì qīngnián

noun

Meanings

1 'Buddha-style' youth
2 young people who take a chill, whatever-happens-happens attitude

Characters

style / category

year / person of an age group

Examples

HSK 6

他是个典型的佛系青年，什么都无所谓。

Tā shì gè diǎnxíng de fóxì qīngnián, shénme dōu wúsuǒwèi.

He's a classic fo-xi youth - nothing bothers him.

HSK 7-9

佛系青年不争不抢，随遇而安。

Fóxì qīngnián bù zhēng bù qiǎng, suíyù'ér'ān.

Fo-xi youth don't compete or grab - they just roll with whatever comes.

Tips

culture

佛系 was borrowed from a 2014 Japanese women's magazine that described 'Buddha-style boys' - men indifferent to romance and social climbing. A 2017 WeChat article repackaged it for China, and 佛系青年 became the label for millennials who respond to everything with 'whatever, anything works, it's fine' (都行, 可以, 没关系).

Stroke Order

佛 Fó

系 xì

青 qīng

年 nián