What Does This Mean?
Commonly explained as short for 注定孤独终生 / 注定孤独一生 ("destined to be alone for life"); a teasing, sometimes put-down remark about someone who seems doomed to stay single.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"He ignored his girlfriend for a game all evening; destined to be single forever."
LORE & ORIGIN
Chinese internet shorthand, usually glossed as 注定孤独终生 (Baidu Baike titles its entry 注定孤独一生). It is used to tease long-term singles or people whose habits are thought to put off partners, and can come across as a mild insult. Baidu Baike links it to the "Forever Alone" rage-comic face and the novel title One Hundred Years of Solitude; that is an encyclopedia claim and was not independently confirmed. The earliest dated use found is a 17173 gaming-news headline of 1 November 2015, so it was circulating by then; the true first use is unknown.
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