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To Love or Be Loved

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ID: 0794 Upper Intermediate
That is zee question. At ChinesePod, relationships are simple: we love you, you love us. It's a match made in heaven. As for the real world, we give you this podcast on a profound and much-loved topic of conversation in China (little known fact: Chinese people hide their romantic side under a cloak of practical business sense.) Get in on the debate, in Mandarin.
Sun Feb 17 2008 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
重要 zhòngyào important
自私 zìsī selfish
付出 fùchū to put forth
回报 huíbào in return
你觉得找个你爱的人重要还是爱你的人重要？
nǐ juéde zhǎo ge nǐ ài de rén zhòngyào háishi ài nǐ de rén zhòngyào ？
Do you think finding someone to love or having someone love you is more important?
当然是爱你的咯。爱一个人多辛苦啊！
dāngrán shì ài nǐ de lo 。ài yī ge rén duō xīnkǔ a ！
Of course it is having someone love you. Loving someone else is too hard!
你真自私。你不爱他，这叫爱情吗？
nǐ zhēn zìsī 。nǐ bù ài tā ，zhè jiào àiqíng ma ？
You are too self centered. If you don't love them, you call that love?
爱情本来就是自私的。再说，也不是不爱，而是多少的问题。爱情通常是付出越多，回报越少。
àiqíng běnlái jiùshì zìsī de 。zàishuō ，yě bù shì bù ài ，érshì duōshǎo de wèntí 。àiqíng tōngcháng shì fùchū yuè duō ，huíbào yuè shǎo 。
Of course love is selfish. Moreover, I'm not saying you shouldn't love, it's a matter of how much you love. Love typically means that the more you put in, the less you get out.
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