人艰不拆

    rénjiān-bùchāi

    Meaning: This term is kind of a new idiom coined by Chinese netizens, which is short for a sentence "人生已经如此艰难，有些事就不要拆穿," which means "Life is so hard, that some lies are better not to be exposed." This sentence is originally a line from the lyrics of "Lying," a song by Taiwanese Mandopop singer Yoga Lin. This term often appears in online chat, used as a response to cruel facts.

    A: 你这件衣服真漂亮，哪儿买的？

    Nǐ zhèjiàn yīfu zhēn piàoliang, nǎr mǎi de?

    Your dress is very pretty. Where did you buy it?

    B: 我在淘宝买的。

    Wǒ zài táobǎo mǎi de.

    I bought it at taobao.com.

    A: 简直跟我在商场里看到的一模一样。

    Jiǎnzhí gēn wǒ zài shāngchǎng lǐ kàndào de yīmú-yīyàng。

    It looks exactly the same as the one I saw in the department store.

    B: 肯定不一样啦，这是山寨的。

    Kěndìng bù yīyàng la, zhè shì shānzhài de。

    It cannot be the same. This one is a fake.

    A: 对了，你不是说网购上瘾要戒掉吗？

    Duì le, nǐ bùshì shuō wǎnggòu shàngyǐn yào jièdiào ma?

    Haven't you told me that you were addicted to online shopping and would stop it?

    B: 人艰不拆。

    Rénjiān-bùchāi。

    Life is so hard, that some lies are better not to be exposed.