五毛特效

laughable low-budget special effects

five / 5

fifty cents (0.5 RMB) / (fig.) paltry sum of money / (abbr. for 五毛黨|五毛党[wu3 mao2 dang3]) hired Internet commenter

surname Mao

hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])

special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex

special effect / specially good effect / especially efficacious

variant of 傚|效[xiao4]

variant of 效[xiao4] / to imitate

variant of 效[xiao4]

effect / efficacy / to imitate

to imitate (variant of 效[xiao4])