Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

山寨

shānzhài

ㄕㄢ ㄓㄞˋ

  1. 1fortified hill village
  2. 2mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)
  3. 3(fig.) knockoff (goods)
  4. 4counterfeit
  5. 5imitation
Example

我似乎不太喜歡小米,我覺得小米是屌絲用的手機,就是個山寨機。

wǒ sìhū bú tài xǐhuan xiǎomǐ wǒ juéde xiǎomǐ shì diǎosī yòng de shǒujī jiùshì gè shānzhàijī

I don't really like Xiaomi phones, and I think that they're for losers. They're like knock-offs.

Keep 山寨 and it comes back until you know it.

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