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shénme jiào “ bǎi dé xiào wéi xiān ”！mā yī bǎ shǐ yī bǎ niào de bǎ wǒmen lāchě dà ，wèile wǒmen de qiántú hé zhōngshēn dàshì cāosuì le xīn ，yībèizi yòng xuěhàn zhènglái de jīxù hái gěi wǒmen mǎi le fángzi 。xiànzài wǒmen shénme dōu yǒu le ，fǎnguòlái jiù bù rèn niáng le ？

What's the meaning of ''the greatest virtue is filial piety"? How many dirty diapers did our mom change as she brought us up? She worried so much about our prospects, and our marriages. With the savings she earned with a lifetime of sweat and blood, she even bought a house for us. Now it's the other way around, and we have everything.

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嗨，所谓向上管理，核心就是用更好的方式跟老板沟通而已，让工作更高效。当然了，如果公司前途暗淡，老板简直是人渣，你实力也不容小觑，还是可以考虑另谋高就的。

hāi ，suǒwèi xiàngshàng guǎnlǐ ，héxīn jiùshì yòng gèng hǎo de fāngshì gēn lǎobǎn gōutōng éryǐ ，ràng gōngzuò gèng gāoxiào 。dāngrán le ，rúguǒ gōngsī qiántú àndàn ，lǎobǎn jiǎnzhí shì rénzhā ，nǐ shílì yě bùróng xiǎoqù ，háishì kěyǐ kǎolǜ lìng móu gāojiù de 。

Come on, this idea of "upward management" at it's core, is just using better ways to communicate with your boss and therefore making your work more efficient. However, if the company has no future, the boss is a total A-hole and your talents are being overlooked and you should still consider finding a better position elsewhere.

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你真的是理智的选民，如果大家都像你一样，这个国家前途可就一片光明了。

nǐ zhēn de shì lǐzhì de xuǎnmín ，rúguǒ dàjiā dōu xiàng nǐ yīyàng ，zhè ge guójiā qiántú kě jiù yīpiàn guāngmíng le 。

You really are a rational voter, if everyone was like you this country would have a promising future.

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挺好，你还挺有规划的。不像我，前途，爱情都很渺茫。

tǐng hǎo ，nǐ hái tǐng yǒu guīhuà de 。bù xiàng wǒ ，qiántú ，àiqíng dōu hěn miǎománg 。

Not bad. You've got your stuff pretty planned out. Not like me – my future , my relationships – they're all so up in the air.

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就是。小宁，有前途！

jiùshì 。Xiǎoníng ，yǒu qiántú ！

That's right. Xiao Ning, you have a future!

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我们吃过的盐比你吃过的饭还多。什么没见识过啊？我们是为你的前途着想，才劝你不要读哲学。

wǒmen chī guo de yán bǐ nǐ chī guo de fàn hái duō 。shénme méi jiànshi guo a ？wǒmen shì wèi nǐ de qiántú zhuóxiǎng ，cái quàn nǐ bù yào dú zhéxué 。

We've gone through more rough times than all the times in your life combined. What haven't we been through? When we advise you not to study philosophy, we're only thinking of your future.

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可不是嘛，现在每个国家都非常重视环境和能源问题，都在喊节能减排。不管怎么样，这种更新换代肯定是有前途的。就像以前电灯取代了蜡烛，打火机代替了火柴一样。

kěbushì ma ，xiànzài měige guójiā dōu fēicháng zhòngshì huánjìng hé néngyuán wèntí ，dōu zài hǎn jiénéngjiǎnpái 。bùguǎn zěnmeyàng ，zhèzhǒng gēngxīnhuàndài kěndìng shì yǒu qiántú de 。jiù xiàng yǐqián diàndēng qǔdài le làzhú ，dǎhuǒjī dàitì le huǒchái yīyàng 。

Exactly. Right now, every country is placing great importance on problems of environmental protection and new energy. They're all calling for energy conservation and waste reduction. No matter what, this kind of replacing certainly has promise. It's like in the past when light bulbs replaced candles, and lighters were used in place of matches.

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小赵，你可是很有前途的。我想你父母供你读书也不容易。你可别辜负了他们。

Xiǎo Zhào ，nǐ kěshì hěn yǒu qiántú de 。wǒ xiǎng nǐ fùmǔ gōng nǐ dúshū yě bù róngyì 。nǐ kě bié gūfù le tāmen 。

Xiao Zhao, you have a great future ahead of you. I bet it wasn't easy for your parents to send you to school, either. Don't let them down.

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你爸以前是大学的历史教授，专门研究西域历史，也是个考古迷，年纪轻轻就出过多本专著。不得不承认，他在专业方面是很有建树的。那时候大家都觉得他是前途无量。

nǐ bà yǐqián shì dàxué de lìshǐ jiàoshòu ，zhuānmén yánjiū Xīyù lìshǐ ，yě shì ge kǎogǔ mí ，niánjìqīngqīng jiù chū guo duō běn zhuānzhù 。bùdébù chéngrèn ，tā zài zhuānyè fāngmiàn shì hěn yǒu jiànshù de 。nà shíhou dàjiā dōu juéde tā shì qiántú wúliàng 。

Your father was a history professor at a university. He specialized in researching the history of the Western Regions, and he was a fan of archaeology. He put out a lot of monographs when he was very young. There's no denying that he was very accomplished in his field. Back then, everyone thought that there was no limit to what he could do.

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