剩女 The "Leftover" Women
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ID: 2800
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晚婚虽然是现代社会普遍的现象，但许多关于结婚的传统观念仍存留在人们心中，新旧观念的冲击下，晚婚的女性往往要面对更多的挑战，既想追求自己的理想，又又结婚年龄的压力，于是“剩女”、“败犬”这类的新词汇一一出现，女孩子如何面对被婚恋市场“剩下来”的情况并调适自己的心态就变得很重要，今天就来听听两个女孩子怎么看待成为“剩女”这件事。
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 心事 | xīnshì | something on one's mind | |
| 尽兴 | jìnxīng | to enjoy oneself to the full | |
| 三姑六婆 | sāngūliùpó | aunties | |
| 出头 | chūtóu | just a little bit over |
嘿怎么样看起来有心事啊情绪不高嘛
hēi 嘿zěnmeyàng 怎么样kàn qǐlái 看起来yǒu 有xīnshì 心事ā 啊qíngxù 情绪bù gāo 不高ma 嘛
Hey! What's up? It looks like you've got something on your mind and that you're not in high spirits.
嗨別提了整个假期都过得不尽兴
hāi 嗨bié 別tí 提le 了zhěnggè 整个jiàqī 假期dōu 都guò de 过得bù jìnxīng 不尽兴
Hi, don't bring it up. I wasn't really able to enjoy myself for the whole holiday.
什么事儿啊
shénme 什么shìr 事儿ā 啊
What happened?
还不就是被家里爸妈长辈三姑六婆的催着结婚的事儿
hái 还bù 不jiùshì 就是bèi 被jiālǐ 家里bàmā 爸妈zhǎngbèi 长辈sāngūliùpó 三姑六婆de 的cuī 催zhe 着jiéhūn 结婚de 的shìr 事儿
It's just that my parents, the older members of my family and aunties are all pressuring me about marriage.
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