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单独二胎

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ID: 2412 Advanced
实行了三十多年的“独生子女”政策终于有了重大的改变。2013年,夫妻双方有一方是独生子女就可以生二胎了。那中国人是怎么看这个新政策的呢?“单独”家庭到底想不想生二胎呢?
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双方 shuāngfāng bilateral, both parties
户籍 hùjí permanent residence
推行 tuīxíng to implement
门缝 ménfèng the crack made by opening a door slightly
老婆你看新闻没从三月一日起上海单独二胎政策就开始实施了
lǎopó 老婆nǐ 你kàn 看xīnwén 新闻méi 没cóng 从sānyuè 三月yīrì 一日qǐ 起Shànghǎi 上海dāndúèrtāi 单独二胎zhèngcè 政策jiù 就kāishǐ 开始shíshī 实施le 了
Honey, did you see the news? From March 1st, Shanghai's “two children for only children” policy will start to be implemented.
早知道啦夫妻双方只要有一方是独生子女而且有一方是上海户籍就可以申请生第二个孩子了
zǎo 早zhīdào 知道la 啦fūqī 夫妻shuāngfāng 双方zhǐyào 只要yǒu 有yīfāng 一方shì 是dúshēngzǐnǚ 独生子女érqiě 而且yǒu 有yīfāng 一方shì 是Shànghǎi 上海hùjí 户籍jiù 就kěyǐ 可以shēnqǐng 申请shēng 生dìèr 第二gè 个háizi 孩子le 了
I've known about that for a while. In a couple, as long as one of the parties is an only child and one of them has Shanghai residency then they can apply to have a second child.
计划生育推行了三十年现在终于打开一条门缝了
jìhuàshēngyù 计划生育tuīxíng 推行le 了sānshí 三十nián 年xiànzài 现在zhōngyú 终于dǎkāi 打开yī 一tiáo 条ménfèng 门缝le 了
Reproductive planning has been going on for thirty years. Now there's finally a crack in it.
现在中国社会老龄化越来越严重放开单独二胎也是为了缓解人口老龄化带来的危机
xiànzài 现在Zhōngguó 中国shèhuì 社会lǎolínghuà 老龄化yuèláiyuè 越来越yánzhòng 严重fàngkāi 放开dāndúèrtāi 单独二胎yě 也shì 是wèile 为了huǎnjiě 缓解rénkǒu 人口lǎolínghuà 老龄化dàilái 带来de 的wēijī 危机
Nowadays the aging of Chinese society is becoming more and more serious. Allowing the “two children for only children” program is for the sake of slowing the crisis that population aging brings.
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