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剩女 The "Leftover" Women

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ID: 2800 Advanced
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。 Photo credit: the.mutator
Thu Nov 19 2015 | Constance Fang, Fiona Tian
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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 ！zěnmeyàng ？kàn qǐlái yǒu xīnshì ā ，qíngxù bù gāo ma 。
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 ，bié tí le ，zhěnggè jiàqī dōu guò de bù jìnxīng 。
Hi, don't bring it up. I wasn't really able to enjoy myself for the whole holiday.
什么事儿啊？
shénme shìr ā ？
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 bù jiùshì bèi jiālǐ bàmā ，zhǎngbèi ，sāngūliùpó de ，cuī zhe jiéhūn de shìr 。
It's just that my parents, the older members of my family and aunties are all pressuring me about marriage.
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