Illustration: Xia Qing
Word on the street
Zombie-like children
僵尸儿童
(jiāng shī ér tóng )
Children who play computer games all through the night get insufficient sleep and have few facial expressions.
A: Hey son, it's already midnight. You've been playing computer games for the whole day!
儿子,已经半夜了,你都已经玩儿了一天电脑游戏了！
(ér zǐ ,yǐ jīng bàn yè le ,nǐ dōu yǐ jīng wán ér le yī tiān diàn nǎo yóu xì le !)
B: Dad, it's the weekend, I don't have to go to school tomorrow.
爸,周末了,我明天不用上学啊。
(bà ,zhōu mò le ,wǒ míng tiān bú yòng shàng xué ā 。)
A: Sleep now, or you'll become a zombie-like child.
现在睡觉,明天出去走走,要不你得成僵尸儿童了。
(xiàn zài shuì jiào ,míng tiān chū qù zǒu zǒu ,yào bú nǐ dé chéng jiāng shī ér tóng le 。)