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愤青

fèn qīng

2-character word Traditional 憤青

What 愤青 means

1. angry youth – highly nationalistic young Chinese people (abbr. for {愤怒青年|fèng nù qīng nián}) (neologism c. 1970s)

The characters in 愤青

• 愤fènindignant; anger; resentment
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black

Sounds the same

Read fèn qīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 粪青"shit youth", sarcastic homonym for 愤青

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