Echoes of meaningless memes fade

A COMPANY in Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong province has registered the "lanshou xianggu", the latest internet meme, as a company tradename. Guangzhou Daily commented on Monday:

The buzzword lanshou xianggu comes from a young man in Nanning in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, who complained about the recent breakup with his girlfriend in a self-filmed video. The video went viral as the man repeatedly cries out in a strong accent "lanshou xianggu", which means "I am so upset and I want to cry".

The Shenzhen company, which focuses on equipment manufacturing and engineering has already registered lanshou xianggu as a tradename.