4D男人

    sìdì nánrén     

    Meaning: "4-D man" is a male between 15 and 40 who is confident, individual and has varied interests and passions. 4-D man is not as tribal as his predecessors, the metrosexual and the lad, where you either were one or you weren't. He is also increasingly interested in culture and is more health-conscious. Observable behavior surely makes it easy to accept that today's masculinity is a blur of contradictions. This term points to an individual interpretation of man – masculinity with a million dimensions, if you will – rather than a rigid conformity to one simplistic typology or another in terms of outlook, orientation or choice of car, coffee or coat. Men – as women have probably always known – can be really weird these days.

    Example

    A: 丽丽的新男友是怎样的？

    Lìlì de xīn nányǒu shì zěnyàng de?

    How is Lily's new boyfriend?

    B: 不是花样美男也不是书呆子，他是个成功的律师，时尚，有点文艺，常常健身，算是个4D男人。

    Bùshì huāyàng měinán yě bùshì shūdāizi, tā shì gè chénggōng de lǜshī, shíshàng, yǒudiǎn wényì, chángcháng jiànshēn, suàn shì gè sìdì nánrén。

    He is not the metrosexual, nor the nerd. He is a successful lawyer, fashionable, interested in culture and he goes to gym often, kind of a 4-D man.