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The NEW word for office workers: Do you have "Bān Wèi"?

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Did you return to work this week? In China, we have a very popular new word for this feeling:

“班味儿” (Bān wèi r)
Literal Meaning: The smell of work/office.
Real Meaning:It’s the 'tired look' from office life. No matter what you wear, work makes you look drained.

ex:
  1. "我身上班味儿太重了。"
    (Wǒ shēnshang bānwèir tài zhòng le.)
    "I look too much like a tired office worker."

    2."去跳个舞吧,洗洗班味儿。"
      (Qù tiào ge wǔ, xǐxi bānwèir.)
         "Go dance and wash away the working vibe!"

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