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learn Chinese

learn Chinese verb: to quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place.

Verb

learn Chinese (third-person singular simple present learns Chinese, present participle learning Chinese, simple past and past participle learned Chinese or learnt Chinese)

  1. (derogatory, slang) To quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place.
    • Our best starting line up against 18th in League 1, we either win 5-0 or every single one of those players need to start learning Chinese.2024 January 7, @UTDTrey, Twitter
    • Absolute ass bowling. no swing at all, 115kph bouncers to short ball veterans. Always ruins the pp spell of Tushar. I expected so much from him, really disappointed. Better turn the things around or learn Chinese2024 April 1, @CSKYash_, Twitter
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see learn, Chinese.

Forms of learn Chinese

third-person singular presentlearns Chinese
present participlelearning Chinese
past participlelearned Chinese
pastlearned Chinese
past participlelearnt Chinese
pastlearnt Chinese

Origin of learn Chinese

From the phrase "Get ready to learn Chinese, buddy," originating from an image macro falsely quoting NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in reference to controversy surrounding player Kyrie Irving, suggesting that Irving should be exiled to lower-tier Chinese league.

Questions about learn Chinese

What does learn Chinese mean?
Learn Chinese means to quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place.
What part of speech is learn Chinese?
Learn Chinese is a verb.
What is the past tense of learn Chinese?
The past tense of learn Chinese is learned Chinese.

Words near learn Chinese in the dictionary

  1. learing
  2. Learlike
  3. Learmonth
  4. learn
  5. learn Arabic
  6. learn Chinese
  7. learn from experience
  8. learn one's lesson
  9. learn one's place
  10. learn the ropes
  11. learn to walk before one can run

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: learn Chinese (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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