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Mental burnout (emo)

12 phrases
HD
juǎn yòu juǎn bù dòng, tǎng yòu tǎng bù píng.
卷又卷不动,躺又躺不平。
ENToo worn out to keep grinding, too anxious to just give up.
HD
wǒ emo le, bié lǐ wǒ, ràng wǒ zì jǐ dāi huìr.
我emo了,别理我,让我自己待会儿。
ENI'm in my feels right now, just leave me alone for a bit.
HD
zhè yī zhěng tiān dōu zài jīng shén nèi hào, shá yě méi gàn chéng.
这一整天都在精神内耗,啥也没干成。
ENSpent the whole day stuck in my own head and got nothing done.
HD
jiù yī jù huà de shì, zhí jiē gěi wǒ pò fáng le.
就一句话的事,直接给我破防了。
ENOne little comment and it completely broke me.
HD
dāng dài cuì pí dà xué shēng, yī áo yè jiù hún shēn bào jǐng.
当代脆皮大学生,一熬夜就浑身报警。
ENUs fragile college kids: one all-nighter and our whole body files a complaint.
HD
kǒng yǐ jǐ de cháng shān, wǒ shì zhēn de tuō bù xià lái.
孔乙己的长衫,我是真的脱不下来。
ENOverqualified and stuck — I just can't bring myself to take a job beneath my degree.
HD
zuì jìn dé le wú liáo zōng hé zhèng, duì shá dōu tí bù qǐ jìn.
最近得了无聊综合症,对啥都提不起劲。
ENCaught a bad case of 'boredom syndrome' lately — can't get excited about anything.
HD
momo fā yī jù, qí shí wǒ zǎo jiù chēng bù zhù le.
momo发一句,其实我早就撑不住了。
ENPosting this anonymously — honestly, I hit my limit a long time ago.
HD
wǒ bù lǐ jiě, wèi shén me nǔ lì hái shì zhè me jiāo lǜ.
我不理解,为什么努力还是这么焦虑。
ENI don't get it — why does trying so hard still leave me this anxious?
HD
word tiān, yī zhēng yǎn yòu shì bèi KPI zhuī zhe pǎo de yī tiān.
word天,一睁眼又是被KPI追着跑的一天。
ENOMG — open my eyes and it's another day of being chased by KPIs.
HD
biǎo miàn dàn dìng, qí shí xīn lǐ nèi hào dào bù xíng.
表面淡定,其实心里内耗到不行。
ENCalm on the outside, but inside I'm completely eaten up by overthinking.
HD
xīn lèi, bù shì shēn tǐ lèi, shì nà zhǒng cóng lǐ wǎng wài de lèi.
心累,不是身体累,是那种从里往外的累。
ENI'm not tired in my body — it's the kind of tired that comes from deep inside.

This slang set captures 精神内耗 — the endless inner friction that wears young people in China out from the inside, not from any one fight. Overworked interns and 'fragile' fresh grads post these lines at 2 a.m.: 卷又卷不动,躺又躺不平 ('can't grind harder, can't lie flat either'), or 我emo了,别理我,让我自己待会儿. With upward mobility frozen and their parents' anxiety passed straight down, it's less about weakness than quietly carrying a whole society's stress.