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Kong Yiji literature, after the Lu Xun character too proud to drop his scholar's gown
graduates who feel their degree makes humble work beneath them, and the debate around that pride
- Who can you say it to?
- Friends and coworkers Normal among people your own age. Skip it with elders, clients and officials.
- Out loud, or only typed?
- Say it or type it Works out loud and in chat.
- Is it still used?
- Settled in Past the fad stage, part of everyday speech.
When to say it
Say it when jobless graduates joke that they cannot take off the long gown of their diploma to deliver food. Self mocking and bitter, tied to the youth unemployment debate.
Hear it in the wild
Tuō bú xià chángshān, zhè jiùshì Kǒng Yǐjǐ wénxué.
Can't take off the scholar's gown, that is Kong Yiji talk.
Tā zìcháo shì Kǒng Yǐjǐ wénxué zhǔjué.
He jokes he is the hero of a Kong Yiji story.
Quick answers
What does 孔乙己文学 mean?
graduates who feel their degree makes humble work beneath them, and the debate around that pride
When do people say 孔乙己文学?
Say it when jobless graduates joke that they cannot take off the long gown of their diploma to deliver food. Self mocking and bitter, tied to the youth unemployment debate.
When should you not say 孔乙己文学?
It touches a sore national debate about degrees and dignity. Using it to sneer at unemployed graduates makes you the villain of the story.
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