Work & Hustle2020sinformal

卡点

kǎ diǎn

Arriving at exactly the last possible moment — being precisely on time with zero margin.

Origin & Background

Describes the habit of pushing deadlines and arrival times to the absolute limit, common among young people.

He always 卡点 arrives — one second later and he'd be late.

每次上班都卡点到。(Always arriving at work at the last possible second.)

nèi juǎn

Involution — excessive, often pointless competition where everyone works harder but nobody gains more.

dǎ gōng rén

Working people / wage slaves — a self-deprecating term workers use to describe themselves.

jiǔ jiǔ liù

Working 9am to 9pm, 6 days a week — describes the grueling work culture in Chinese tech companies.

gē jiǔ cài

Harvesting leeks — scamming or exploiting consumers/investors, especially through overpriced products or bad investments.