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Pop star Jay Chou has solidified his status as the king of Mandopop after his new single broke sales records and — quite literally — a Chinese streaming platform this week. Within 25 minutes of its release late Monday night, Chou's piano rock ballad "Won't Cry" — available to download for 3 yuan ($0.42) — had sold over 2 million copies across three streaming platforms. China's dominant music-streaming app, QQ Music, even temporarily crashed because of the spike in traffic from Chou's ravenous fans.

solidify vt. 使固化，使穩固（strengthen）
· Recent findings helped to solidify our position.
最近的發現有助于鞏固我們的立場。
status n. 地位
break records: 打破記錄
literally adv. 按字面地；（用于強調所說的話）確實地，真正地
· When something is translated literally, it doesn't sound natural.
直譯往往聽起來不太自然。
· I was literally surprised by the news.
我聽到這個消息真的驚呆了。
· They were literally over the moon at the news.
聽到這個消息，他們欣喜若狂。
streaming platform: 直播平臺
available adj.（日常英語中）有時間，有空的；（新聞英語中）可得到的，可以用的
· Are you available tonight？
今晚有空嗎？
· If something you want or need is available, you can find it or obtain it.
· available to: 可得到的（固定搭配）
· The YL reading courses are available only to members of YLYK.
友鄰閱讀的課程只對友鄰優課會員開放。
dominant adj. 主要的，主導的
crash vi. （電腦等）癱瘓，崩潰
spike n. 激增（increase）
ravenous adj. 狂熱的；極其饑餓的（hungry）；渴望的
· I'm absolutely ravenous.
我快餓死了。
· She was ravenous for public attention.
她渴望得到公眾的關注。

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