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火星文
  fo2 sing1 man4*2   jyutping
  huo3 xing1 wen2   pinyin
Martian language (a style of Chinese writing developed in the 21st century which uses variants and look-alike characters in place of conventional characters)

This term comes from a scene in 少林足球 (Shaolin Soccer) where Stephen Chow tells Zhou Wei, "Go back to Mars, the Earth is so dangerous." Example of 火星文: 鑑於權利ㄖㄅ承認、㊣基礎
noun

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
火星文

This word has been viewed 1737 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 14th Jul 2008 03:23 and last edited on 24th Feb 2010 03:55
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Characters in this word:

 fo2  -  fire
 sing1  -  star
 man4 man4*1 man6  -  written language; literary; civilian
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