tofu dreg

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A poorly constructed building in China, or the shoddy material(s) used to construct it. attributive,in-plural,often
    — No one asks about the shoddy “tofu-dregs engineering”; instead, we blindly accuse “running teacher Fan.” Nationalism is only a fig leaf for the feeble-minded, a tricky maneuver that prevents everyone from seeing the complete picture.

词形变化

tofu dregs plural

词源

Calque of Chinese 豆腐渣 (dòufuzhā, “tofu dreg; okara”), dòufuzhā as in 豆腐渣工程 (dòufuzhā gōngchéng) and similar phrases. Coined by Tan Zuoren in 2008.
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