爺青回

Chinese

		grandpa; etc.; old gentleman	green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam
trad. (爺青回)		爺	青	回
simp. (爷青回)		爷	青	回

Etymology

A pseudo-chengyu condensed from:

爺的青春回來了。 [MSC, trad.]
爷的青春回来了。 [MSC, simp.]

Yé de qīngchūn huílái le. [Pinyin]

My youth is back.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yé qīng huí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˊ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yé qīng huí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˊ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yé cing huéi
    • Wade–Giles: yeh² chʻing¹ hui²
    • Yale: yé chīng hwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ye ching hwei
    • Palladius: е цин хуэй (je cin xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

Phrase

爺青回

1. (Internet slang, ACG) My youth is back.

   Used to express one's excitedness when having seen something that had been popular in former times and carries one's memory of former times reappears, reoccurs or gets popular again.

Related terms

• 文藝復興／文艺复兴 (Wényì Fùxīng)
• 今夕是何年