80后: Born in the 80's
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ID: 2905
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在一胎政策年代长大的中国孩子，从小得到家中所有的资源，看似占尽了便宜，但步入社会以后，面对与过去完全不同的竞争坏境，他们又有什么不为人知的心声呢？Listen as two friends discuss the consequences of growing up under the one-child policy and how it affected people once they finally entered society.
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Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 拼 | pīn | to go for (something) | |
| 伺候 | cìhòu | to wait upon | |
| 恶魔 | èmó | demon; devil | |
| 深沉 | shēnchén | deep; profound |
嘿哥们儿打算和媳妇儿拼二胎吗
hēi 嘿gēmenr 哥们儿dǎsuàn 打算hé 和xífùr 媳妇儿pīn 拼èrtāi 二胎ma 吗
Hey, buddy, are you going to try for a second child with your wife?
还真没这打算伺候一个小恶魔就够了
hái 还zhēn 真méi 没zhè 这dǎsuàn 打算cìhòu 伺候yī 一gè 个xiǎo 小èmó 恶魔jiù 就gòu 够le 了
We really haven't planned to yet. Running around after one little devil is enough.
最近吧我常常在想咱们80后真挺不容易的
zuìjìn 最近ba 吧wǒ 我chángcháng 常常zài 在xiǎng 想zánmen 咱们bālíng hòu 80后zhēn 真tǐng 挺bù róngyì 不容易de 的
Recently I've been thinking that it's really not easy for those, like us, who were born from the 1980s on.
怎么这么深沉你都想到了些什么
zěnme 怎么zhème 这么shēnchén 深沉nǐ 你dōu 都xiǎngdào 想到le 了xiē 些shénme 什么
Why so profound all of a sudden, what kind of things are you thinking of?
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