直播带货

Live-stream shopping / Live commerce
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What Does It Mean?

Imagine a home-shopping channel, but make it chaotic, charming, and driven by internet celebrities who can sell out 10,000 lipsticks in three minutes. Hosts broadcast live, crack jokes, demo products, and nudge viewers toward that 'buy now' button with countdown deals and digital gift-throwing. It exploded during 2020 lockdowns when bored shoppers and desperate retailers discovered each other in the most entertaining way possible.

Cultural Context

China's e-commerce giants Taobao and Douyin (TikTok's Chinese sibling) turbocharged this format, turning top streamers like Li Jiaqi into household names worth more than most TV stars. COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 pushed both consumers and traditional retailers online en masse, making live commerce a trillion-yuan industry almost overnight and reshaping how an entire generation thinks about shopping.

中文解释

主播在直播中向观众推销商品,观众可以直接下单购买,兼具娱乐与购物功能。

How It's Used
李佳琦昨晚直播带货,三秒钟就卖出了两万支口红。
Li Jiaqi did a live-stream last night and sold 20,000 lipsticks in three seconds.
现在很多农民也开始直播带货,把山里的土特产卖到全国各地。
These days even farmers are doing live-stream selling, shipping mountain-grown specialties to customers all across the country.
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