Monday morning before the first coffee? Are you perhaps sitting in front of this column with panda eyes right now? You heard me right! The panda is not only the fluffy national treasure of the Chinese, but also the eponym for a meme that existed even before social media: namely, thick, black rings under the eyes. In Chinese slang, these are actually called „panda eyes“ (composed of 熊猫 xióngmāo „panda“ and 眼 yǎn from 眼睛 yǎnjing „eyes“).