Updated on December 27, 2022
Do you know that the Chinese people chop their hands off on Single’s Day?
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Chinese Single’s Day
Well, the Chinese Single’s Day (also known as Double 11) is celebrated on 11th November (11 day of the 11th month, hence the name Double 11 or 11.11). This is a festival of online shopaholics. In fact, 11.11 is a day of crazy online shopping in China!
This is the day when Chinese people spend too much of money for shopping online.
The word 剁手 (duò shǒu) is a new word to express the regret of overspending.
- 剁手 (duò shǒu): to chop off someone’s hand (because of overspending)
- 剁手党 (Duò shǒu dǎng): online shopaholics
- 剁手节 (duò shǒu jié): a day of crazy spending, such as Single’s Day
- 双十一 (Shuāng shíyī): Double 11 or 11.11
Single’s Day Example Sentences
- Did you chop your hands off (buy anything) on Nov 11 this year? (jīnnián shuāng11nǐ duòshǒu le ma, 今年双11你剁手了吗)
- I bought a bunch of things again yesterday, I chopped my hands off (zuótiān wǒ yòu mǎi le yīduī dōngxī, wǒ yào duòshǒu, 昨天我又买了一堆东西，我要剁手)
- To control myself not to chop my hand off (buy things), I am deleting (my) Taobao (account) (wèile kòngzhì zìjǐ bú duòshǒu ，wǒ yào bǎ táobǎo xièzǎi le, 为了控制自己不剁手，我要把淘宝卸载了)
- After watching the live stream, I want to chop my hands off (buy things) again. (kàn wán zhíbō ，wǒ yòu xiǎng duòshǒu le, 看完直播，我又想剁手了)
- Every year, sellers would do whatever they can to make customers chop their hands off (buy things) (měinián shāngjiā dōu huì xiǎng jìn yíqiè bànfǎ ràng xiāofèizhě duòshǒu, 每年商家都会想尽一切办法让消费者剁手)
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