Updated July 2026
What does 丝瓜汤 mean?
丝瓜汤 (sī guā tāng) means warm, empty word-soup in internet Chinese slang. Vague, soothing but empty emotional writing — gentle "healing" copy that sounds nice and says nothing. Literally, it means "luffa soup".
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Example
这段文案全是丝瓜汤，读完什么也没说。
Zhè duàn wén'àn quán shì sī guā tāng, dú wán shénme yě méi shuō.
That copy is all word-soup — you finish it and nothing was said.
Where 丝瓜汤 comes from
Luffa soup is mild, watery and inoffensive, so it became the image for bland inspirational text. It sits alongside AI味 as a way to call writing hollow.
Related slang
The generic, over-smooth, synthetic feel of AI-made content — in writing, images, voice, or design. It flags a perceived style, not proof that AI was used.
To inflate something small into a heavy moral lesson. Almost always a complaint about someone being needlessly profound.
A prefix meaning "pre-fabricated, mass-produced", used as criticism — 预制朋友圈 is a social post that feels canned and generic.
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