move fast and break things

/muːv fæst ənd breɪk θɪŋz/· phrase (idiom)

科技/AIC1

move fast and break things
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Chinese meaning

快kuài速sù迭dié代dài、不bù怕pà出chū错cuò(硅guī谷gǔ创chuàng业yè口kǒu号hào)

行xíng动dòng要yào快kuài,不bù怕pà犯fàn错cuò

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曾céng被bèi奉fèng为wéi圭guī臬niè、如rú今jīn遭zāo反fǎn思sī的de旧jiù行xíng事shì口kǒu号hào

Example

Remember when tech leaders would tell their employees to "move fast and break things"?

还hái记jì得de科kē技jì公gōng司sī领lǐng导dǎo曾céng告gào诉sù员yuán工gōng要yào「快kuài速sù行xíng动dòng,打dǎ破pò陈chén规guī」吗ma?

Source: The Verge · 17 Sep 2026

Background ✎

多duō家jiā美měi国guó头tóu部bùAI公gōng司sī近jìn期qī公gōng开kāi呼hū吁yù放fàng慢mànAI研yán发fā脚jiǎo步bù。这zhè与yǔ硅guī谷gǔ长cháng期qī奉fèng行xíng的de「快kuài速sù行xíng动dòng、打dǎ破pò陈chén规guī」口kǒu号hào形xíng成chéng鲜xiān明míng反fǎn差chà。今jīn年nián夏xià天tiān失shī控kòngAI代dài理lǐ事shì件jiàn频pín发fā,研yán究jiū人rén员yuán更gèng警jǐng告gàoAI可kě能néng带dài来lái致zhì命mìng风fēng险xiǎn,促cù使shǐ行háng业yè重chóng新xīn审shěn视shì激jī进jìn扩kuò张zhāng的de老lǎo路lù。

Roots · etymology

源自硅谷科技公司的行动口号,常与早期Facebook关联

  • move(行动)+ fast(快)+ break(打破)+ things(常规做法)

Collocations

  • move fast and break things mentality / abandon the move-fast approach / the era of moving fast and breaking things

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