Cost-effectiveness is the ratio of the performance value of a commodity to its price value. It is a quantitative measurement method that reflects the degree of purchase of an item. The full name of cost-effectiveness is performance-price ratio, which is a proportional relationship between performance and price. The specific formula is: cost-effectiveness = performance/price.
Quality inspection, referred to as “quality inspection”, is also called “technical inspection”. It is a quality management method that uses certain inspection and testing means and inspection methods to determine the quality characteristics of products, and compares the results with the specified quality standards, so as to make qualified or unqualified judgments on products or batches of products.
Internet celebrities, also known as Internet stars, refer to people who are famous on the Internet, or people who increase their popularity through operating social networking sites or video sites and make a living from it. The Internet allows people to reach audiences around the world, and thus accumulate popularity and fame in one or more virtual communities. The phenomenon of Internet celebrities becoming famous as a result is called Internet fame.
Fired squid is a Cantonese slang, which means being laid off by the company. In the past, people who were fired had no place to appeal. Once they heard the boss’s notice, they had to roll up their bedding and leave. Because in that era, the boss provided a place to live, but the quilt had to be prepared by themselves, so when they were fired, of course they had to roll up their own bedding. The fired people felt that the words “fired” or “dismissed” were too harsh, so some people began to use “roll up the bedding” instead. When firing squid, the squid will slowly curl up after being heated. Similar to the action of rolling up the bedding, firing squid has become a synonym for being laid off by the company. Another source of legend is that in the past, if the boss in Hong Kong planned to lay off employees, he would add a dish of fried squid to comfort everyone when all employees gathered together for dinner every year, and hinted that there would be layoffs.
Lying flat and lying flatism are Internet terms that have become popular in mainland China since 2021, referring to the attitude of young people that “instead of following social expectations and persisting in struggle, it is better to choose to ‘lie flat’ and have no desires or demands”. The specific connotations of lying flat include “not buying a house, not buying a car, not falling in love, not getting married, not having children, and low-level consumption”, “maintaining the minimum living standard, refusing to become a machine for capitalists to make money and a slave exploited by capitalists”.