おはようございます。KANOです。本日はこちらの記事から。
この「寝そべり族」記事読みたかったんだー。
A monthly budget of 200 yuan ($30). Working just one or two months a year.
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この生き方、私も近い。扶養家族や金かかる趣味がなく最低限の支出なら、月手取り10あれば生きられるからね。氷河期世代あるある。ただ、中国の国家イメージには合わない生き方よねw
a longing
意味 [U][具体例では a (…) ～/～s]＜…に対する/…したいという＞ 熱望, 切望, あこがれ ＜for/to do＞
Tangping describes a longing to escape the pressures of modern life in China, where young people are expected to work long hours, buy property, get married and have children.
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grumble
意味 [～ that 節]…だと文句を言う
Many people in their 20s and 30s grumble that hard work no longer rewards them with a better quality of life.
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stagnate
意味 〈成長などが〉停滞する, 活気を失う.
Unlike their parents, who enjoyed a booming economy, they feel that society is stagnating and inequality growing.
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対外的には成長しまくってるからね、中国。社会的な同調圧力とか疎外感の方が大きそう。
official
意味 （組織の） 役員, 責任者, 当局者; 公務員, 職員
In 2019 an official summary of a speech he gave to young officials included more than 50 mentions of it. Struggle is an art, he told them. “We must be good at struggle.”
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“The only way to ensure a happy life is if one works hard,” said a commentary in one newspaper. Lying flat is “not only unjust but also shameful”, it added.
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公式見解はこうなりますよねぇ。日本みたくなりたくないもんねー。
A search on Taobao, an e-commerce platform, for T-shirts with messages about lying flat yields only items displaying Communist Party slogans. ■
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