真香
zhēn xiāng
Smells good / So good — used when someone ends up loving something they previously said they'd never do.
Origin
From a 2014 reality show where contestant Wang Jingze swore he'd never eat the rural food, then was filmed saying "真香" while eating it.
Examples
I said I'd never use TikTok... 真香.
说好不吃零食的，结果真香了。(Said I wouldn't eat snacks, then... so good.)
Related terms
哈基米
hā jī mǐ
A phonetic, essentially meaningless meme sound ('Hajimi') that can mean a cat (especially a cute orange one), cuteness or playful chaos, an all-purpose nonsense exclamation, or genuinely nothing — its power being that it doesn't insist on a meaning.
废话文学
fèi huà wén xué
'Nonsense literature' / 'empty-talk literature' — a style of online writing built from statements that are grammatically perfect and confident in tone but completely empty of information, looping back on themselves or stating the obvious as if revealing a deep truth.
YYDS (永远的神)
yǒng yuǎn de shén
GOAT (Greatest of All Time). Used to praise someone or something as the absolute best.
高情商
gāo qíng shāng
High EQ — being tactful, diplomatic, or knowing exactly the right thing to say.