大清亡了

Chinese

		the Qing dynasty	to die; to perish	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
trad. (大清亡了)		大清	亡	了
simp. #(大清亡了)		大清	亡	了
Literally: “the Great Qing has died”.

Etymology

From the television series The King of Yesterday and Tomorrow, in which when Emperor Yongzheng traveled to the present and found out that the Qing dynasty has died, he said this phrase.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàqīng wángle

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄌㄜ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàqīng wángle
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄨㄤˊ ˙ㄌㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàcing wángle̊
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-chʻing¹ wang²-lê⁵
    • Yale: Dà-chīng wáng-le
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahching wang.le
    • Palladius: Дацин ванлэ (Dacin vanlɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ lə³/

Phrase

大清亡了

1. (Internet slang) To show that the person being spoken to already knew something that the speaker had mentioned.; Queen Anne's dead

   你才知道現在2021年了？兄弟，大清亡了。 [MSC, trad.]
   你才知道现在2021年了？兄弟，大清亡了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ cái zhīdào xiànzài 2021 nián le? Xiōngdì, Dàqīng wáng le. [Pinyin]

   Did you just know it's 2021 now? Queen Anne's dead, dude!