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耽美

dān měi

Meanings

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dān měi
  1. 1.(slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature)

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  1. 1.love between men or boys, especially as a literary genre; boys' love (BL)

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Etymology

Originally coined in Japanese as a translation of “aestheticism” (equivalent Chinese term: 唯美主義), and was applied in the description of BL-themed comics since the 1970s which at the time were mostly aesthetic and romantic. The latter meaning was later reintroduced into Chinese (as wasei kango (和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご))).

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