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车奴

車奴
chēnú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 car slave
  2. 2 person whose life is squeezed by car loan / upkeep costs

Examples

买了豪车以后每个月还贷,一下子成了车奴。
Mǎi le háochē yǐhòu měi ge yuè huándài, yīxiàzi chéng le chēnú.
After buying the luxury car and paying off loans every month, I became a car slave overnight.
我不想当车奴,所以一直坐地铁。
Wǒ bù xiǎng dāng chēnú, suǒyǐ yīzhí zuò dìtiě.
I don't want to be a car slave, so I keep taking the subway.

Tips

culture
Part of a family of slang compounds: 房奴 (mortgage slave), 车奴 (car slave), 孩奴 (kid slave), 卡奴 (credit card slave). Captures the squeeze of Chinese middle-class consumer debt.

Stroke Order

车 chē
奴 nú