刷怪 (shuāguài): to grind mobs (kill respawning…

Meanings

1 to grind mobs (kill respawning monsters for XP/loot)
2 to farm enemies (gaming)

Characters

刷

shuā

to brush / repeat (gaming: to farm)

怪

guài

monster / mob

Examples

我在野外刷怪升级。

Wǒ zài yěwài shuāguài shēngjí.

I'm grinding mobs in the wild to level up.

这个副本刷怪掉装备的概率挺高的。

Zhège fùběn shuāguài diào zhuāngbèi de gàilǜ tǐng gāo de.

Mob drops in this dungeon have a pretty high gear-rate.

Tips

usage

刷 in gaming means 'to repeatedly do an activity for rewards'. Family of related verbs: 刷副本 (run dungeons), 刷BOSS (boss farm), 刷材料 (farm materials), 刷经验 (grind XP), 刷成就 (achievement hunt). 怪 = 怪物 (monster/mob).

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Casual gaming slang. Universal across MMOs, ARPGs (e.g. 暗黑破坏神 Diablo), and gacha games. Non-gamers may not know it, but anyone playing online RPGs in Chinese will use 刷怪 daily.