佛系
fat6 hai6fó xì
English
- (neologism, attested by 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society)
- describing an attitude, of being content, passive, waiting for results to come by chance without doing anything; literally: Buddhist-style
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容做事、為人態度,缺乏拼搏精神,唔積極,主要以等待方式希望目標會發生
Examples
佛系上車法就係唔儲錢,緣份到喇喎,咪上到車。
The "Buddhist way" to obtain enough money for the down payment of an apartment is not to save any money. When luck comes your way, you will get your apartment.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk