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méicuò ，dàn jiéhūn bìjìng shì yī jiàn dàshì ，duì Zhōngguórén láishuō ，tōngguò wǎngluò huò zhě cānjiā diànshì jiémù jiéshí jiéhūn duìxiàng hǎoxiàng hái bù shì yī jiàn tèbié róngyì jiēshòu de shìqing ，suīrán yǒuxiē shímíngzhì hūnliàn wǎngzhàn ，hái suàn kěkào ，bùguò fùmǔ jiārén jièshào duìxiàng zhèzhǒng fāngshì hǎoxiàng gèng shòu huānyíng 。

That's right, but given that marriage is a big deal. For Chinese people, finding marriage prospects online or on television is still quite difficult to accept. Although some marriage websites with real-name verification systems are quite reliable, meeting a partner through an introduction from your parents or family is more popular.

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啊，小周啊我认识啊，没错，后来他和安玲结婚以后就完全退居二线了，每天学校、菜场、家三点一线。

ā ，Xiǎo Zhōu ā wǒ rènshi ā ，méicuò ，hòulái tā hé Ānlíng jiéhūn yǐhòu jiù wánquán tuìjūèrxiàn le ，měitiān xuéxiào 、càichǎng 、jiā sān diǎn yī xiàn 。

Ah, I know Xiaozhou. You're right, after he married Anling he gave up his role as a breadwinner and just went back and forth between the school, the market and his house.

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不是！你想过吗？如果你能预知我们二十年后会离婚，你还会跟我结婚吗？

bùshì ！nǐ xiǎng guò ma ？rúguǒ nǐ néng yùzhī wǒmen èrshí nián hòu huì líhūn ，nǐ hái huì gēn wǒ jiéhūn ma ？

No! Have you ever thought about... If you were able to know in advance that we would get divorced in twenty years, would you still marry me?

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嗯！对对对！我好像也看过，呐！就好比说...你还记得结婚那天你喝醉酒，最后把你扛回家的是谁吗？

ng4 ！duìduìduì ！wǒ hǎoxiàng yě kàn guò ，nà ！jiù hǎobǐ shuō ...nǐ hái jìde jiéhūn nà tiān nǐ hēzuì jiǔ ，zuìhòu bǎ nǐ káng huíjiā de shì shéi ma ？

Yes, that's right! I think I read it too! So it's like... do you still remember who carried you home in the end when you got drunk on our wedding day?

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瞧您说的，这旧的和新的能比吗？这毕竟是旧的了。你看，你结婚那时候多值钱呐？现在能有刚结婚那时候值钱吗？

qiáo nín shuō de ，zhè jiù de hé xīn de néng bǐ ma ？zhè bìjìng shì jiù de le 。nǐ kàn ，nǐ jiéhūn nà shíhou duō zhíqián nà ？xiànzài néng yǒu gāng jiéhūn nà shíhou zhíqián ma ？

You may say that, but do you think that you can compare an old one with a new one? It's old. Look, how valuable you were when you were married? Now do you think you're as valuable as when you were just married?

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不过他结婚也真够晚的，人家早的，小孩可都会打酱油了。

bùguò tā jiéhūn yě zhēn gòu wǎn de ，rénjiā zǎo de ，xiǎohái kě dōuhuì dǎjiàngyóu le 。

But he really married very late, didn't he? The children of the ones who married the earliest are all old enough to go to the shops by themselves now.

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