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However, the Ministry of Culture responded by saying it was just a rumor.
Another example is "circusee," a combination of "circle" and "see" to describe the scene where a crowd gathers in a circle to watch an accident, something often seen on Chinese streets.
Some words, such as "corpsend," "halfyuan," and "antizen," have sprung from news stories.
High charges
"Corpspend" refers to the high cost of salvaging a body to prevent it from being eaten by fish.
It follows several stories about families of drowning victims facing high charges from professional teams to salvage the bodies of their loved ones.
On October 13 in Qionghai City of Hainan Province, the family of a nine-year-old boy who drowned was quoted 20,000 yuan (US$3,206) to get his body out of the water. However, this made one young man so angry that he jumped into the river himself and brought the boy's body out.
'Gangnam style' life of young rich in Chongqing
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