落地成盒

Chinese

		to fall to the ground; to land	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	small box; case
trad. (落地成盒)		落地	成	盒
simp. #(落地成盒)		落地	成	盒
Literally: “to land to become a box”.

Etymology

Used in the 2017 videogame PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, in which players start playing by parachuting and will become boxes when they lose the game. So becoming a box shortly after landing means losing a game in the beginning.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòdìchénghé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòdìchénghé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòdìchénghé
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-ti⁴-chʻêng²-ho²
    • Yale: lwò-dì-chéng-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohdihcherngher
    • Palladius: лодичэнхэ (lodičɛnxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/

Verb

落地成盒

1. (neologism, slang) to lose a game of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in the beginning [from 2017]

   • 頻頻「落地成盒」，在遊戲開始沒多久就被外掛殺死，很多職業玩家也時常為此「心態爆炸」。 [MSC, trad.]
     频频「落地成盒」，在游戏开始没多久就被外挂杀死，很多职业玩家也时常为此「心态爆炸」。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018 February 6, 莫昕楠 (Mo Xinnan), 胡宁 (Hu Ning), 《网络游戏外挂 灰色地带的暴利生意》, in China Youth Daily, page 11

     Pínpín “luòdìchénghé”, zài yóuxì kāishǐ méi duōjiǔ jiù bèi wàiguà shāsǐ, hěnduō zhíyè wánjiā yě shícháng wèi cǐ “xīntài bàozhà”. [Pinyin]

     Frequently "landing to become a box", being killed by cheats not long after the game starts: even many pro gamers often are pushed past their psychological limits by this.

   • 拒絕「落地成盒」！這些裝備助你成功吃「雞」 [MSC, trad.]
     拒绝「落地成盒」！这些装备助你成功吃「鸡」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018 May 9, 陈学东, 《拒绝“落地成盒”! 这些装备助你成功吃“鸡”》, in 《新快报》, page A34

     Jùjué “luòdìchénghé”! Zhèxiē zhuāngbèi zhù nǐ chénggōng chī “jī” [Pinyin]

     Reject "landing to become a box"! This setup will help you win your "chicken dinner"

   • 我每一局不是落地成盒，就是被秒殺，氣得砸手機的想法都有。 [MSC, trad.]
     我每一局不是落地成盒，就是被秒杀，气得砸手机的想法都有。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2019 December 1, 陈奇 (Chen Qi), 《外挂“挂了”》, in 《新作文（小学中高年级版）》, →ISSN, issue 2019(12), page 17

     Wǒ měi yī jú bùshì luòdìchénghé, jiùshì bèi miǎoshā, qì dé zá shǒujī de xiǎngfǎ dōu yǒu. [Pinyin]

     In every match, if I'm not "landing to become a box", I'm being seckilled, and it pisses me off to the point that sometimes I've considered smashing my phone.