黑歷史

Chinese

black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.) history
trad. (黑歷史) 歷史
simp. (黑历史) 历史

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (くろ)(れき)() (kurorekishi).

Pronunciation


Noun

黑歷史

  1. (informal, originally ACG) dark past (someone longing to cover up); skeleton in the cupboard
  2. dark history
    1970內華達山脈太平洋鐵路舊址發掘2000907.2公斤華工屍骸揭露塵封百年黑歷史 [MSC, trad.]
    1970内华达山脉太平洋铁路旧址发掘2000907.2公斤华工尸骸揭露尘封百年黑历史 [MSC, simp.]
    1970 nián, yú Nèihuádáshānmài Tàipíngyángtiělù jiùzhǐ zhōng fājué chū le zhòng dá 2000 bàng (hé 907.2 gōngjīn) de huágōng shīhái, jiēlù le yī duàn chénfēng bǎinián de hēilìshǐ. [Pinyin]
    In 1970, the remains of Chinese workers weighing 2,000 pounds (907.2 kilograms) were unearthed from the former site of the Pacific Railway in the Sierra Nevada, revealing a century-old dark history.