藍藍路

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (藍藍路)		藍	藍	路
simp. (蓝蓝路)		蓝	蓝	路

Etymology

From and popularized by the Chinese title, “最终鬼畜蓝蓝路” (“Final Demon Ran-Ran-Rū”), of a Japanese parody video, 「M.C.ドナルドはダンスに夢中なのか？最終鬼畜道化師ドナルド・Ｍ」 (“M.C. Donald Was Obsessed with Dance? Final Demon Clown Ronald M.”), whereby this phrase, ran-ran-rū (“らんらんるー”), and a number of other meaningless noises are excessively repeated and arranged into the tune of 「U.N.オーエンは彼女なのか」 (“U.N. Owen Was Her?”), a piece of background music from the Touhou Project, for parodic effect.

The original quote where this phrase was from is the follows: 「ランランルー！ドナルドは嬉しくなると、ついやっちゃうんだ！みんなも一緒にやってみようよ、いくよ！ランランルー」 ("Ran-ran-rū! Whenever Ronald McDonald gets happy he can't help but moves like this! Everybody let's try it together, come on! Ran-ran-rū!")

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lánlánlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄌㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lánlánlù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lánlánlù
    • Wade–Giles: Lan²-lan²-lu⁴
    • Yale: Lán-lán-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Lanlanluh
    • Palladius: Ланьланьлу (Lanʹlanʹlu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ län³⁵ lu⁵¹/

Proper noun

藍藍路 (neologism, Internet slang, humorous)

1. McDonald's
2. Ronald McDonald
3. the series of bodily movements (or dance) performed by Ronald McDonald in the video mentioned above, including the shout ran-ran-rū itself, which subsequently became a meme on the Chinese and Japanese internet
4. the meme itself mentioned above

See also

• 鬼畜 (guǐchù)