The income gap in China is a topic of frequent discussion, and below are some relevant terms that can help you understand news reports as well as participate in discussions of your own.<\/p>\n
Numerous reports of the Foxconn employees leaving their \u5bbf\u820d (su4she4 – dormitories) to \u8df3\u697c (tiao4lou2 – jump [from a] building) has raised questions about the working conditions that could lead to \u81ea\u6740 (zi4sha1 – suicide).\u00a0 Factory workers aren’t the only people facing this \u751f\u6d3b\u538b\u529b (sheng1huo3ya1li4 – life stress), as the \u8d2b\u5bcc\u5dee\u8ddd pin2fu4 cha1ju4 – gap between poor and rich) grows \u8d8a\u6765\u8d8a\u5927 (yue4lai2yue4da4 – getting larger and larger).\u00a0 Almost everyone I ask talks about the stress of \u517b\u5bb6 (yang3jia1 – providing for one’s family) and their fears of \u517b\u4e0d\u8d77\u5bb6 (yang3bu4qi3jia1 – being unable to provide for one’s family).\u00a0 Younger people will work tirelessly at their jobs because they know they have to \u517b\u8001 (yang2(3)lao3 – take care of [elderly] parents) and will need money.\u00a0 The stress becomes taxing to the point where people \u53d7\u4e0d\u4e86 (shou4bu4liao3 – cannot take it) or \u5fcd\u4e0d\u4f4f (ren3bu2zhu4 – cannot endure it).\u00a0 Even those among the \u66b4\u53d1\u6237 (bao4fa1hu4 – new rich) know how fortunate they are to have escaped (if only temporarily) the drag of the rat race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The income gap in China is a topic of frequent discussion, and below are some relevant terms that can help you understand news reports as well as participate in discussions of your own. Numerous reports of the Foxconn employees leaving their \u5bbf\u820d (su4she4 – dormitories) to \u8df3\u697c (tiao4lou2 – jump [from a] building) has raised…<\/p>\n