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塌房

tāfáng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 idol's fall from grace
  2. 2 celebrity scandal
  3. 3 to have one's idol exposed

Characters

塌
tā
to collapse; to cave in
房
fáng
house; room
Literally 'house collapse' - the idol's carefully built public image crumbling

Examples

HSK 5
我的偶像塌房了，好难过。
Wǒ de ǒuxiàng tāfáng le, hǎo nánguò.
My idol got exposed in a scandal - I'm so upset.
HSK 6
最近娱乐圈塌房的太多了。
Zuìjìn yúlèquān tāfáng de tài duō le.
Too many celebrities have fallen from grace recently.
HSK 7-9
追星有风险，随时可能塌房。
Zhuīxīng yǒu fēngxiǎn, suíshí kěnéng tāfáng.
Being a fan is risky - your idol could get exposed at any time.

Tips

culture
塌房 (house collapse) became widely used during the wave of Chinese celebrity scandals in 2021-2022 (e.g., Kris Wu, Zheng Shuang). It describes the moment when a fan's idealized image of their idol 'collapses' due to a scandal being exposed.
memory
Imagine building a beautiful house (your ideal image of a celebrity) - then it suddenly collapses when scandal hits. That's 塌房.

Stroke Order

塌 tā
房 fáng