Chapter 0 - Glossary

Names mentioned:

Female Lead

-俞知乐( yú zhī lè )- Yu Zhi Le, the female protagonist.

-小余( xiǎo yú)- Xiao Yu, referring to the female protagonist

-乐乐姐(lè lè jiě)- Older sister Le Le, referring to the female protagonist

Male lead

– 余子涣( yú zǐ huàn )- Yu Zi Huan, the male lead

-小涣( xiǎo huàn ) – Xiao Huan, referring to Yu Zi Huan

Residents in the male and female lead’s building

-王大爷(wáng dàyé)- Wang Da Ye, an elderly living in the same building as the female and male leads.

-小亮( xiǎo liàng ) – Xiao Liang, the young boy living in the apartment where the female lead stayed in 2015.

-谢成龙( xiè chéng lóng )- Xie Cheng Long, the ‘boss’ who was the leader of the group of boys that insulted the male lead.

Male lead’s friends

– 聂洪(niè hóng) – Nie Hong, the male lead’s friend

Female lead’s colleague

-李姐(lǐ jiě)- Sister Li, a staff of the mini-mart where Yu Zhi Le is working in

Other names:

-张发强( zhāng fā qiáng)- Zhang Fa Qiang, the blind date Auntie No. 1 has arranged.

Name of Places

-四中(sì zhòng)- Fourth Middle/High School, the name of the school in the neighbourhood.

-一中( yī zhōng )- First High School

-师大附中( shīdà fùzhōng )- The High School Affiliated to Normal University

Phrases mentioned:

– 颜控 ( yán kòng ) – The literal meaning is face freak. An internet slang that refers to a person who is obsessed with good-looking people.

– 傻白甜 ( shǎ bái tián ) – a sweet and naive young woman. An internet slang that has two meanings. Firstly, it would mean a beautiful, gentle, and sweet romance story that wouldn’t have a complicated storyline such as misunderstanding, kidnaps etc. Secondly, it would usually refer to a sweet and naive female lead in a novel.

– 忠犬 ( zhōng quǎn)- loyal dog. It describes a person (usually the leading character in a novel) who shows an obvious or even excessive dependence on another person.

– 两个小余( liǎng gè xiǎo yú )- Two Xiao Yu. Since Wang Da Ye thought that they were relatives of the same surname and Xiao Yu meant Little Yu, he called both of them Xiao Yu.

– 背锅 (bēi ɡuō)- the literal meaning means “carrying a pot on one’s back”, which originally describes a hunchback person. In internet slang, it is the abbreviation of “ 背黑锅 (bēi hēi guō) carrying a black pot” which means “bearing faults for others”.

-金手指(jīn shǒuzhǐ) – A slang that means a cheat.

-自由恋爱 ( zìyóu liàn’ài )-Free love. Freedom of choice in marriage, freedom to choose one’s spouse,etc..All matters and issues were the concerns of the people involved,and no one else.

– 软柿子 ( ruǎnshìzi )-Its literal meaning is soft permission but it refers to a pushover.

-白月光(bái yuè guāng) -White Moonlight refers to a person who is remembered in one’s heart, that one has always loved, but cant touch. It usually refers to the intention of the sweetheart and the first love that one would never forget.

– 单身狗( dānshēngǒu )- Single dog is an internet slang which means a person who is neither married nor in a relationship. It is used in a self-deprecating manner.

– 如芒在背(rú máng zài bèi )- A thorn on one’s back. It describes restlessness/extreme anxiety.

– 豁然开朗 ( huòránkāilǎng )- Everything become clear at once/to achieve speedy enlightenment