现代人 (現代人)
xiàn dài rén
Pinyin

Definition

现代人 (現代人)
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xiàn dài rén
  1. modern man
  2. Homo sapiens

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那个时代的人需要认识和反思自己，现代人同样需要。如果鲁迅现在还在世，肯定会用他的笔狠狠地写出现代人的弊病！
nàge shídài de rén xūyào rènshi hé fǎnsī zìjǐ ，xiàndàirén tóngyàng xūyào 。rúguǒ Lǔ Xùn xiànzài hái zàishì ，kěndìng huì yòng tā de bǐ hěn hěn de xiěchū xiàndàirén de bìbìng ！
People in that time needed to get to know and rethink themselves, and people today need the same thing. If Lu Hsun were still alive, he would definitely take up his pen and write about the evils of modern people.
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但它之所以成为现代人不可或缺的生活方式，也是因为它有诗意的一面，比如朋友圈里的互相走访
dàn tā zhīsuǒyǐ chéngwéi xiàndàirén bùkěhuòquē de shēnghuó fāngshì ，yě shì yīnwèi tā yǒu shīyì de yīmiàn ，bǐrú Péngyouquān lǐ de hùxiāng zǒufǎng
However, it has become an indispensable lifestyle for modern people because of its poetic aspects, such as mutual visits in a circle of friends.
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你知道我特别注重精神层面的匹配，现代人都特肤浅，只看物质看外表。和那样的人话不投机半句多，不聊也罢。
nǐ zhīdào wǒ tèbié zhùzhòng jīngshén céngmiàn de pǐpèi ，xiàndài rén dōu tè fūqiǎn ，zhī kàn wùzhì kàn wàibiǎo 。hé nàyàng de rén huà bù tóujībànjùduō ，bù liáo yě bà 。
You know how much weight I put on finding a soulmate. Nowadays people are so superficial, they only care about material things and appearance. I can never stand talking to someone like that, better to save my breath.
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我不是这个意思，我们纪念父母是应该的，不过现代人生活形态跟以前不一样了，再加上人口增加、土地越来越宝贵，土葬真的是很不环保的一种方式。
wǒ bùshì zhè ge yìsi ，wǒmen jìniàn fùmǔ shì yīnggāi de ，bùguò xiàndài rén shēnghuóxíngtài gēn yǐqián bù yīyàng le ，zài jiāshang rénkǒu zēngjiā 、tǔdì yuèláiyuè bǎoguì ，tǔzàng zhēnde shì hěnbù huánbǎo de yīzhǒng fāngshì 。
I didn't mean that, we should remember our parents, but people's lifestyles these days aren't like before. As the population expands and land becomes more and more valuable, burial is really not very environmentally friendly.
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哇！现代人真的是吃饱没事干，特地跑到海边花钱住饭店，就为了看一月一日的日出。
wā ！xiàndài rén zhēn de shì chī bǎoméishì gàn ，tèdì pǎodào hǎibiān huāqián zhù fàndiàn ，jiù wèile kàn yīyuè yīrì de rìchū 。
Wow! People nowadays really don't have anything better to do than to spend money going all the way to stay at a seaside hotel just to see the sunrise on January 1.
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第一是，所谓的现代化，其实说穿了就是便利性。简便，迅速是现代人对周遭所有事物的诉求，于是大多数人便养成了同时多工的习惯，以及预期即刻效果的心态。
dì yī shì ，suǒwèi de xiàndàihuà ，qíshí shuōchuān le jiùshì biànlìxìng 。jiǎnbiàn ，xùnsù shì xiàndài rén duì zhōuzāo suǒyǒu shìwù de sùqiú ，yúshì dàduōshù rén biàn yǎngchéng le tóngshí duōgōng de xíguàn ，yǐjí yùqī jíkè xiàoguǒ de xīntài 。
The first is that what you call modernization, when you really look at it, is just convenience. Simple, convenient and quick are the demands people make of the things around them these days, so the majority of people get into the habit of doing several things at the one time and approach things with the expectation of instant results.
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哇！原来平静的生活对现代人来说，是不可思议的无聊啊。
wā ！yuánlái píngjìng de shēnghuó duì xiàndài rén láishuō ，shì bùkěsīyì de wúliáo ā 。
Wow! Who knew that a peaceful life would be so unimaginably boring for modern people?
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心理学家有说过，拖延症是种自我保护，并不是精神疾病。现代人处在日益激烈的竞争环境中，产生很大的“评价压力”，一些人恐惧自己没能力面对，于是选择拖延，因为拖延会带给人“掌控感”，也就是说即使最后失败，也可以给自己和他人一个合理的解释，一个台阶下。
xīnlǐxuéjiā yǒu shuō guo ，tuōyánzhèng shì zhǒng zìwǒbǎohù ，bìngbùshì jīngshén jíbìng 。xiàndài rén chǔzài rìyìjīliè de jìngzhēng huánjìng zhōng ，chǎnshēng hěndà de “píngjiàyālì ”，yīxiē rén kǒngjù zìjǐ méi nénglì miànduì ，yúshì xuǎnzé tuōyán ，yīnwèi tuōyán huì dàigěi rén “zhǎngkònggǎn ”，yějiùshìshuō jíshǐ zuìhòu shībài ，yě kěyǐ gěi zìjǐ hé tārén yīgè hélǐ de jiěshì ，yīgè táijiē xià 。
A psychologist once said, procrastination is a form of self-protection and that it is not a psychological disorder. People nowadays live in an ever more competitive environment, putting a lot of pressure from criticism, some people fear that they won't be able to measure up, so they choose to procrastinate, because procrastination gives them back a sense of control, so that even if they fail in the end, they can offer up an explanation to themselves and to others, an exit strategy.
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其实我觉得可以从内容方面入手，不要只局限在历史故事和古代小说，可以根据现代人的想法，把现代人的生活场景搬上舞台。
qíshí wǒ juéde kěyǐ cóng nèiróng fāngmiàn rùshǒu ，bù yào zhǐ júxiàn zài lìshǐ gùshi hé gǔdài xiǎoshuō ，kěyǐ gēnjù xiàndài rén de xiǎngfǎ ，bǎ xiàndài rén de shēnghuó chǎngjǐng bān shàng wǔtái 。
Actually, I think it could start with the content. It doesn't have to be limited to history and ancient stories. It can be done using modern people's ideas, and take the setting of our modern day lives onto the stage.
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那...... 就只能说明连现代人都还在怀念一千多年前唐朝盛世时候的中国。
nà ...... jiù zhǐnéng shuōmíng lián xiàndài rén dōu hái zài huáiniàn yīqiānduōnián qián Tángcháo shèngshì shíhou de Zhōngguó 。
Well...that can only go to show that even modern people still look back fondly on China's High Tang era of more than a thousand years ago.
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