lying flat

Synonym of tang ping (“a lifestyle and social protest movement in China beginning in April 2021, which is a rejection of societal pressures to overwork”).

Noun

  1. Synonym of tang ping (“a lifestyle and social protest movement in China beginning in April 2021, which is a rejection of societal pressures to overwork”).

    Synonyms: tang ping

Origin

From lying (verb) + flat (adjective), a calque of Chinese 躺平 (tǎng píng, “to lie flat; (figurative, neologism) to be unwilling to struggle, to quiet quit”).