近些年，媒體提到小鮮肉對傳統陽剛之氣的顛覆。
Dubbed "little fresh meat" by domestic media for their boyish features and popularity, many of today's young male celebrities put on makeup, dye their hair bright colors, ➊accessorize and sport ➋androgynous clothing. Like South Korean K-pop stars, they boast slender figures and often wear ❸cutesy expressions.
❶ accessorize /əkˈsɛsəˌraɪz/ 裝飾
如，Use a belt to accessorize a plain dress.
用一道腰帶來點綴一條素色連衣裙。
➋ androgynous /ænˈdrɒdʒɪnəs/ 雌雄同體的
❸ cutesy /ˈkjuːtsɪ/ 這個詞稍負面，指矯揉造作、故意討人喜愛的，有點扭捏作態的意思。
也引起了軒然大波。
A widely cited commentary, published by a state-run news agency, said: "Whether a country embraces or rejects (➍effeminate men) is ... a grave matter that affects the nation's future."
➍ effeminate 娘娘腔的；女人氣的
如，
Actor Lee JoonKi became the nation's heartthrob when he played an effeminate court jester in the country's most viewed film of all time, "The King and the Clown".
當演員李準基在韓國最多觀影人次電影《王的男人》裡飾演一個擁有女性氣質的宮廷弄臣時，他成為了全國的迷戀的對象。
manliness 男性氣概，也指勇敢、剛毅這些品質
macho 大男子氣的。
如displays of macho bravado 大男子氣概的展現
masculine 男子氣概的；陽性的
英文釋義：If you say that someone is masculine, you mean that they have qualities such as strength or confidence which are considered typical of men （說一個人masculine，也指此人有力量、自信這種通常用來形容男人的詞彙）
如masculine characteristics like a husky voice and facial hair.
沙啞的嗓音和面部的鬍鬚之類的男性特徵。
masculine的名詞是masculinity，傳統的陽剛之氣。
過分強調大男子主義則變成了toxic masculinity。
manhood 男子；男子氣概。也指成年，就像「childhood」一樣。
如：help their sons grow from boyhood to manhood 幫助兒子長大成人
有學者指出，鮮肉並非近年初見，而是自古有之。比如「文武雙全」裡面的「文」就偏文弱，接近小鮮肉。
The idea of wen (文) and wu (武) types of male performers ➎denote opposite ends of an entertainment masculinity spectrum that has been in use since the days of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE), with wen used to describe more effeminate characters, similar in ways to 「little fresh meat,」 while wu types tend to be more martial and ❻gruff.
➎ denote 表示，指示
❻ gruff 粗暴；脾氣大的
還有人舉了賈寶玉的例子，賈寶玉敏感、多情，明顯缺乏陽剛之氣，卻符合當時的男性風潮。
The Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢) is one telling example of masculine ideals at the time. Cao’s work ❼dismantles numerous literary clichés, but still portrays a male protagonist that conforms with the male qualities in vogue at the time. The main character Jia Baoyu is physically attractive in a traditionally feminine way; he is also young, sensitive and emotional.
❼ dismantle拆除，這裡dismantle clichés就是去除陳詞濫調
偏女性化的男性是古代學術階層的自我形象。
這種主動的自我柔弱並不出於任何外力。
All of these works of fiction and theater were written by men over the centuries, targeting both male and female audiences. There was absolutely no female input in these literary trends, hence the femininity and masculinity displayed in these works were purely male inventions. Ideal masculinity being more feminine than women was the scholarly class』 self-image. As such, this active ❽emasculation of sorts was not due to any outside forces.