新词新译：一枪头/走过场/断腕/老法师/基民/桃色腐败/晒客族/臭美/型男/撬边

一枪头
one-shot kill, do it in one go
It is a Shanghai dialect that means you succeed at one try, just like a one-shot kill.

走过场
go through the motions
This Chinese term, literally "Walk through," means doing things perfunctorily, or merely pretending to do it. Many people say that some public hearings concerning their direct interests organized by local governments are just being held for the sake of holding it.

断腕
desperate act to survive
This term derives from a Chinese idiom describing a heroic man amputating his own hand after being bitten by a deadly poisonous snake. It now refers to anyone who makes a courageous decision to survive a difficult or death-or-life situation by making a major sacrifice.

老法师
senior specialist, elder cognoscente
This term is often used humorously to refer to a person who is both senior in age and expert in a certain aspect of life or knowledge.

基民
fund investor
The past year has seen more and more citizens in Shanghai investing in the fund market instead of the stock market, giving the bigger profits.

桃色腐败
sex-related corruption
It refers to the type of corruption of some government officials who take advantage of their positions or illicit income from their power to keep a mistress, womanize or visit prostitutes.

晒客族
self-disclosing clan
The expression refers to the cluster of Netizens who are ready to expose anything private, from salary details to personal property to their children's academic achievements, on the Internet.

臭美
show off, be ostentatious
The Chinese term means to show off one's beauty, possessions, talent or connections in a pretentious way.

型男
metrosexual men
It refers to modern metropolis men who spend a considerable amount of time and money grooming their appearance to look decent and sexy.

撬边
friendly persuasion, false bid
The term originally means to sew the hem of a dress, but it is now often used to imply offering friendly persuasion or staging false bids for someone.

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