Yax Lizard
Yax Lizard | ||
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Hanyu Pinyin Yǎkè Xī | |
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Latin Yëziqi | yaxshi |
Yengi Yeziⱪ | yahxi |
Siril Yëziqi | йахшиj |
The Yax lizard or Jacques lizard is a Chinese internet phenomenon related to the Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures. It mocks a musical dance program that excessively praised the Chinese government.
The creature was supposedly a Komodo dragon. The name is derived from "yakexi" (Chinese: 亚克西; pinyin: yàkèxī), which is the Chinese transliteration of a Uyghur term "yaxshi" (Uyghur: ياخشى), which means "good" or "great"; "xi" also means "lizard" in Chinese.
Origin
It is named after the
Description
Blogger
Response
Han Han held a contest on his blog asking for submissions of alternative lyrics to the song, keeping the original chorus line of "What is yakexi? What is yakexi? The Chinese Communist Party's policies are yakexi." Submissions included lyrics mocking the original song by describing things such as bad housing situations and high tuition prices.[3]
To demonstrate their dissatisfaction towards Chinese government's propaganda, some netizens name the species as "Yakshit" by the Chinese character's pronunciation.
See also
- Grass Mud Horse
- River crab (Internet slang)
- Jia Junpeng
- Very erotic very violent
References
- ^ "党中央的政策亚克西". Tudou (in Chinese).
- ^ "党的政策亚克西 歌功颂德遭网民反感". YouTube (in Chinese). Radio Free Asia. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
- ^ Custer, Charlie (17 February 2010). "Yakexi: The New Year's Hottest Internet Slang?". ChinaGeeks. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2010.