阿Q
Meanings
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- 1.Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella "The True Story of Ah Q" 阿Q阿Q正传[Ā Q Zhèng zhuàn] ("Q" here is typically pronounced as [kiū] or [qiū])
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Wiktionary
- 1.Ah Q (the main character in Lu Xun's The True Story of Ah Q)
- 2.a person who acts like Ah Q; a person who consoles himself/herself after a defeat by not admitting it but telling himself/herself that he/she is the true victor
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Etymology
Named after fictional character Ah Q coined by Chinese novelist and essayist Lu Xun. Ah Q is the main character in Lu Xun's novella The True Story of Ah Q (《阿Q正傳》/《阿Q正传》) who believes his defeats are victories. The intended pronunciation of the character's name was "Quei", which should be written as "Guì" in modern Pinyin, but was shortened to "Q" because the protagonist did not know with which character his name should be written (possibly 貴 /贵 or 桂 in context of given names).
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