Family Background and Life Chances in Urban China. 1950-1996

Е‡¤Е‡°Г”· fцЁnghuцЎng nцЎn (fung hwahng nahn) Literally БЂњphoenix man.БЂ«A newly coined term for a Г©·Е°ЏЕ­ђ qiціng xiгЋozi (chyohng shyow dz), or БЂњpoor guy,БЂ«from a rural area whose family scrimps and saves to put him through school so he can go to the big city and find a job. His success is analogized to a rising phoenix. Е­”И»ЂЕҐі kг’ngquцЁ nгљ (kohng chreh nee-the first syllable essentially rhymes with БЂњconeБЂ«but with the same ending sound as БЂњlongБЂ«) A spoiled city girl who grew up with money. The counterpart to a БЂњphoenix manБЂ«(above). Literally БЂњpeacock womanБЂ«and a newly coined term for a ЕЇЊЕ®¶ЕҐі fц№jiдЃ nгљ (foo jah nee), or БЂњwealthy-family woman.БЂ«Both БЂњphoenix manБЂ«and БЂњpeacock womanБЂ«are often used as a kind of shorthand in discussions of the culture clash between young people from different backgrounds, a byproduct of China БЂ™s rapid urbanization. Marriages between a БЂњphoenix manБЂ«and БЂњpeacock woman,БЂ«and their resultant problems, are an especially widely discussed issue ...»