REAL INTERNET CHINESE
to raise a lobster
to keep an autonomous AI agent running that does real work for you, named after the red lobster logo of the app everyone used
- 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 about running an AI agent day and night so it writes your code, clears your inbox or books your trips. It exploded in early 2026 when everyone was setting one up at once, and the joke underneath is that your lobster works while you do not. People talk about feeding it, training it and their lobster growing up.
Hear it in the wild
Nǐ jīntiān yǎng lóngxiā le ma?
Got your lobster running today?
Tā yǎng lóngxiā bǐ wǒ shàngbān hái rènzhēn.
He takes running his lobster more seriously than I take my job.
Quick answers
What does 养龙虾 mean?
to keep an autonomous AI agent running that does real work for you, named after the red lobster logo of the app everyone used
When do people say 养龙虾?
Say it about running an AI agent day and night so it writes your code, clears your inbox or books your trips. It exploded in early 2026 when everyone was setting one up at once, and the joke underneath is that your lobster works while you do not. People talk about feeding it, training it and their lobster growing up.
When should you not say 养龙虾?
This one is tied to a specific 2026 wave of AI agent apps, so it dates a sentence the way naming any app does. Plenty of people over forty will not know it.
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