<p>If we say『续』，it is only used on Jiang Zemin the Elder when we refer to one's life is lengthened. For other people, it should mean that his life time is given to the Elder.</p>

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How exciting this word is!
skygate
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E.M.
<p>被续 is a China internet meme. </p>

<p>A hasty investigation and verdict on a mysterious death of a (<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E9%87%8D%E6%85%B6%E7%B4%85%E8%A1%A3%E7%94%B7%E5%AD%A9%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">kid in Chongqing</a>) had spark many speculation back in Jiang Zemin authoritarian era.</p>

<p>One of the ridiculous speculation/conspiracy theory is about making use of black magic to prolong(续命) the life of some prominent figure, where the kid is the "sacrificial lamb".   I.e. "我想这个穿着红色衣服的男孩已经被续了."</p>

<p>China netizen think the conspiracy theory is damn funny :</p>

<ol>
<li>Chinese is a communist country, where some superstitious should be eradicated by the communist party itself.</li>
<li>It is related to a story in Chinese popular literature "The Three Kingdoms", where a prominent character attempt to use magic to prolong his own life.  </li>
</ol>

<p>So China Netizen keep making fun of the ridiculous 续命(prolong another life) with sarcasm,  thus some come out with 续命一秒 (prolong the life by 1 second). 
Thus 续命一秒 become a sarcasm for some vain action. </p>

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mootmoot
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  <p>我想这个穿着红色衣服的男孩已经被续了。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>In this sentence, the word "续" means life-prolonging, and when people say this they usually mean that someone was being life-prolonged <em>to</em> somebody instead of someone was being life-prolonged <em>by</em> somebody. Why?</p>

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It's a very long story.
Stan
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@Stan Please explain :D, I am so much confused with it!
skygate
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As I have another long answer to finish I can only give a brief summary here: 2009, in Chongqing province of China, a 13 year old boy wearing a red dress played [erotic asphyxiation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_asphyxiation) to death – although the fact was simple, it's extremely shocking to the conservative local. Then an urban legend formed: it was an evil black magic that [Jiang Zemin the Elder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Zemin) wanted to prolong his life. After that, 续命 had become an Internet slang in China (mostly in a joking sense).
Stan
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2016-06-18T13:44:08.770Z
regarding preceding comment cf. http://bbs.tianya.cn/post-16-656982-1.shtml
user6065
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@Stan I see, but it was the grammar that confused me. For example, 被杀了 means someone was being killed "by" somebody, but 被续了 means someone was being life-prolonged "to" somebody. It is reversed.
skygate
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2016-06-18T14:25:16.693Z
You're right, the grammar here is confusing. It might be interpreted as an abbreviation of "被（长者用来）续（命）了", but it's not necessary to be too serious about Internet slangs.
Stan
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@Stan Abbreviation? that explains it perfectly. This abbreviation you've got for me...excited!
skygate
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2016-06-18T14:56:27.243Z
"By brute-force worshiping the Toad is unfavorable." – Unknown mogician.
Stan
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2016-06-18T15:30:59.987Z
Excited! This is the first Elder related thread I see on this site. Stay young, stay simple! +1s
Archeosudoerus
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@Stan Highest instruction: Literary worship instead of martial worship!
Archeosudoerus
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To be honest this ungrammatical usage is rare to me even in elder-worship subculture. My impression upon seeing your sentence is "the boy in red is being life-prolonged (by some mogical means similar to that for The Elder)."
NS.X.
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2016-06-18T22:35:51.323Z
@倪阔乐 This is a elder-worship thing. It means " I think the (life force of ) this boy in red has been used to prolong (Jiang Zemin the Elder's life)
Archeosudoerus
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@倪阔乐 Frankly speaking I don't approve with your point. As Stan have said, this is actually some kind of abbreviation of "someone was being used by the Elder to prolong his life.". Besides, prolong is the proper use of prolonging one's life, not extend.
skygate
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2016-06-18T22:53:53.800Z
@NS.X. Actually it is very common in toad worshiping communities now, when someone was being banned from the site, or being water meter checked by the cyber police, mogicians would say that someone 已经被续了.
skygate
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2016-06-20T02:35:05.913Z
亦可赛艇(exciting) 拿衣服(naive) 图样图森破(too young too simple) 加一秒(+1s) 谈笑风生(talk cheerfully and humorously) 钦定(made by imperial order) and etc. These are all of Moha（膜蛤 toad worship) culture. It's very popular in Chinese online communities, like zhihu.com, weibo.com . The participators call themselves 膜法师（魔法师，magician, wizard who masters Moha)
ElpieKay
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2016-06-21T16:45:01.113Z
This is a Chinese meme used by the younger generation. I don't have a clue why this has become so popular. It seems you know the exact literal meaning. Imo, that's enough, there is no need to take it too serious.
hrzhu
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What does "被续了" mean?
# What does "被续了" mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-18)

> 我想这个穿着红色衣服的男孩已经被续了。

In this sentence, the word "续" means life-prolonging, and when people say this they usually mean that someone was being life-prolonged *to* somebody instead of someone was being life-prolonged *by* somebody. Why?

**Tags:** grammar, meaning

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It's a very long story.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Please explain :D, I am so much confused with it!  
> **username_1**: As I have another long answer to finish I can only give a brief summary here: 2009, in Chongqing province of China, a 13 year old boy wearing a red dress played [erotic asphyxiation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_asphyxiation) to death – although the fact was simple, it's extremely shocking to the conservative local. Then an urban legend formed: it was an evil black magic that [Jiang Zemin the Elder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Zemin) wanted to prolong his life. After that, 续命 had become an Internet slang in China (mostly in a joking sense).  
> **username_2**: regarding preceding comment cf. http://bbs.tianya.cn/post-16-656982-1.shtml  
> **username_0**: @username_1 I see, but it was the grammar that confused me. For example, 被杀了 means someone was being killed "by" somebody, but 被续了 means someone was being life-prolonged "to" somebody. It is reversed.  
> **username_1**: You're right, the grammar here is confusing. It might be interpreted as an abbreviation of "被（长者用来）续（命）了", but it's not necessary to be too serious about Internet slangs.  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Abbreviation? that explains it perfectly. This abbreviation you've got for me...excited!  
> **username_1**: "By brute-force worshiping the Toad is unfavorable." – Unknown mogician.  
> **username_3**: Excited! This is the first Elder related thread I see on this site. Stay young, stay simple! +1s  
> **username_3**: @username_1 Highest instruction: Literary worship instead of martial worship!  
> **username_4**: To be honest this ungrammatical usage is rare to me even in elder-worship subculture. My impression upon seeing your sentence is "the boy in red is being life-prolonged (by some mogical means similar to that for The Elder)."  
> **username_3**: @倪阔乐 This is a elder-worship thing. It means " I think the (life force of ) this boy in red has been used to prolong (Jiang Zemin the Elder's life)  
> **username_0**: @倪阔乐 Frankly speaking I don't approve with your point. As username_1 have said, this is actually some kind of abbreviation of "someone was being used by the Elder to prolong his life.". Besides, prolong is the proper use of prolonging one's life, not extend.  
> **username_0**: @username_4 Actually it is very common in toad worshiping communities now, when someone was being banned from the site, or being water meter checked by the cyber police, mogicians would say that someone 已经被续了.  
> **username_5**: 亦可赛艇(exciting) 拿衣服(naive) 图样图森破(too young too simple) 加一秒(+1s) 谈笑风生(talk cheerfully and humorously) 钦定(made by imperial order) and etc. These are all of Moha（膜蛤 toad worship) culture. It's very popular in Chinese online communities, like zhihu.com, weibo.com . The participators call themselves 膜法师（魔法师，magician, wizard who masters Moha)  
> **username_6**: This is a Chinese meme used by the younger generation. I don't have a clue why this has become so popular. It seems you know the exact literal meaning. Imo, that's enough, there is no need to take it too serious.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_7 on 2016-06-20. Score: 1

If we say『续』，it is only used on Jiang Zemin the Elder when we refer to one's life is lengthened. For other people, it should mean that his life time is given to the Elder.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: How exciting this word is!  

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### Answer by username_8 on 2018-02-02. Score: 0

被续 is a China internet meme.

A hasty investigation and verdict on a mysterious death of a ([kid in Chongqing](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E9%87%8D%E6%85%B6%E7%B4%85%E8%A1%A3%E7%94%B7%E5%AD%A9%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6)) had spark many speculation back in Jiang Zemin authoritarian era.

One of the ridiculous speculation/conspiracy theory is about making use of black magic to prolong(续命) the life of some prominent figure, where the kid is the "sacrificial lamb". I.e. "我想这个穿着红色衣服的男孩已经被续了."

China netizen think the conspiracy theory is damn funny :

1. Chinese is a communist country, where some superstitious should be eradicated by the communist party itself.
2. It is related to a story in Chinese popular literature "The Three Kingdoms", where a prominent character attempt to use magic to prolong his own life.

So China Netizen keep making fun of the ridiculous 续命(prolong another life) with sarcasm, thus some come out with 续命一秒 (prolong the life by 1 second).
Thus 续命一秒 become a sarcasm for some vain action.


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