阿Q
Chinese
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people |
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Etymology
From the name of the main character in Lu Xun's novella The True Story of Ah Q (《阿Q正傳》/《阿Q正传》) who believes his defeats are victories.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
阿Q
- Ah Q; the main character in Lu Xun's The True Story of Ah Q
- 阿Q想在心裏的，後來每每說出口來，所以凡是和阿Q玩笑的人們，幾乎全知道他有這一種精神上的勝利法。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: 魯迅 Lu Xun, 《阿Q正傳》 The True Story of Ah Q, 1921; translation by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang.
- Āguì xiǎng zài xīnlǐ de, hòulái měiměi shuō chūkǒu lái, suǒyǐ fánshì hé Āguì wánxiào de rénmen, jǐ hū quán zhīdào tā yǒu zhè yī zhǒng jīngshénshàng de shènglìfǎ. [Pinyin]
- Whatever Ah Q thought he was sure to tell people later; thus almost all who made fun of Ah Q knew that he had this means of winning a psychological victory.
阿Q想在心里的，后来每每说出口来，所以凡是和阿Q玩笑的人们，几乎全知道他有这一种精神上的胜利法。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Noun
阿Q
- a person who acts like Ah Q; a person who consoles himself/herself after a defeat by not admitting it but telling himself/herself that he/she is the true victor
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Zhuang: Ah Giuh
- → Vietnamese: AQ
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