Meaning:

    “违” means to “disobey,” “和” means “concord, harmony” and “感” is “sense.” A term borrowed from Japanese, it originally refers to the feeling of estrangement arising from a person’s not being able to adjust to the surrounding environment. However, Chinese netizens use the term to describe anything that is against accepted social norms or lacks a sense of beauty and harmony.

    Example:

    A: 今天早上在小区里看到一个美女和她的宠物猪。

    Jīntiān zǎoshang zài xiǎoqū lǐ kàndào yīgè měinǚ hé tā de chǒngwù zhū。

    I saw a pretty girl walking her pet pig in my housing estate this morning.

    B: 宠物狗吧？

    Chǒngwù gǒu ba?

    Did you mean her pet dog?

    A: 是肥嘟嘟的一头猪，还很大只，有违和感吧？

    Shì féidūdū de yītóu zhū, hái hěn dàzhī, yǒu wéihégǎn ba?

    It was a fat pig, and really big too. Wasn’t it weird?