REAL INTERNET CHINESE
to scout a shop
visiting new restaurants or shops to review them, usually filmed for social media
- Who can you say it to?
- Safe with anyone Fine at work, fine with your partner's parents.
- 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 a blogger films a first bite at a newly opened hotpot place, or you plan a weekend of trying new spots. Curious, hobby-like, a whole content genre.
Hear it in the wild
Tā zuò tàndiàn shìpín liǎng nián le.
She has made restaurant review videos for two years.
Zhè zhōu qù tàndiàn, yǒu jiā xīn huǒguō.
Going scouting this week, a new hotpot place opened.
Quick answers
What does 探店 mean?
visiting new restaurants or shops to review them, usually filmed for social media
When do people say 探店?
Say it when a blogger films a first bite at a newly opened hotpot place, or you plan a weekend of trying new spots. Curious, hobby-like, a whole content genre.
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