Bié cháoxiào xiǎozhèn zuòtí jiā, nà shì yí dài rén de suōyǐng.
Don't mock the small-town test-takers; they're the portrait of a generation.
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culture
Coined on Douban around 2020. It describes rural/small-city kids who climbed into elite universities purely through exam grinding but lack the social capital, English, and cultural literacy of their urban peers. Often used self-deprecatingly.
register
Internet slang — suitable for Weibo, Douban, WeChat chat, but not formal writing.
