鸡汤

雞湯
jītāng
noun #16,571

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 chicken soup (for the soul)
  2. 2 motivational cliches
  3. 3 inspirational platitudes

Examples

HSK 7-9
Péngyouquān lǐ tiāntiān dōu shì jītāng wén.
WeChat Moments is full of motivational posts every day.
HSK 7-9
Bié gěi wǒ guàn jītāng le, shuō diǎn shíjì de.
Stop feeding me chicken soup - say something practical.

Tips

culture
Derived from the American 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book series (心灵鸡汤). In Chinese internet culture, 鸡汤 refers to feel-good motivational content that sounds nice but is impractical. Often used dismissively.
usage
灌鸡汤 = to force-feed chicken soup = to bombard someone with empty motivational talk. 鸡汤文 = chicken soup article = motivational blog post.

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