From the Chinese Press
China Daily | Updated: 2013-08-27 06:57
Online idioms not fit for lexicon
Some netizens have suggested that some new "idioms" that have become popular online and are "user-friendly" be included in the Modern Chinese Dictionary. But since infrequent or non-Internet users may not understand these idioms, the netizens' suggestion should not be taken seriously, says an article in Changsha Evening News. Excerpts:
The Chinese language, like any other language, faces the problem of which outdated terms and idioms to discard and which new ones to embrace to maintain its vitality and dynamism. So even though some "new idioms" have become very popular with regular Internet users, they cannot be immediately included in the Modern Chinese Dictionary.
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