破防
pò fáng
Defenses breached — when something hits you so emotionally hard that your composure breaks. Can be happy tears or devastating news.
Origin
From gaming (breaking through defenses). Bilibili named it their "comment of the year." Used when a video, story, or moment makes you unexpectedly emotional.
Examples
That soldier reunion video completely 破防了.
看到这个视频我直接破防了。(Watching this video completely broke my defenses.)
Related terms
红温
hóng wēn
Literally 'red temperature' — slang for losing emotional control, getting so angry, frustrated, agitated, or embarrassed that your face flushes red; the closest English equivalent is gaming's 'getting tilted.'
绝绝子
jué jué zǐ
Absolutely amazing / Absolutely terrible — an emphatic expression that can be positive or negative depending on context.
社死
shè sǐ
Social death — an extremely embarrassing moment that makes you want to disappear.
EMO/emo
emo
Feeling down, sad, or melancholic — used when experiencing a wave of negative emotions.