"Get Ready to Learn Chinese, Buddy" is a popular sports reaction meme predominantly used on NBA Twitter to troll underperforming professional athletes. The phrase implies that a player's performance has dropped so significantly that they will soon be cut from the NBA and forced to play in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), which is humorously viewed as the destination for "washed" players. While the sentiment has existed for years, it reached peak popularity in 2022 and 2023, often paired with images of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver or edited photos of players in CBA jerseys. Beyond basketball, the meme is now used broadly across the internet to mock anyone who has failed a high-stakes task and is jokingly destined for professional exile.