Word information
Simplified佛系
Traditional佛系
Pinyinfó xì
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Chinese word dictionary
佛系
fó xì · (neologism c. 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society)
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Words with the same characters
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没关系méiguānxi
it doesn't matter
关系guānxìrelation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]; variant of 關係|关系[guan1 xi5]
联系liánxìconnection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch; variant of 聯繫|联系[lian2 xi4]
仿佛fǎngfúto seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
系jìto tie; to fasten; to button up
系统xìtǒngsystem; CL:個|个[ge4]