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Talking about a new-born baby
A: Hi, Sally! You are talking to the proud father of a new baby girl!
B: Congratulations, Bob! That’s great news, what’s her name?
A: We’ve named her Alice after my wife’s grandmother.
B: That’s a pretty name. Give your wife my best!
谈新生儿
A：嗨，莎利！你正和一个刚得了个女儿的得意的爸爸说话呢！
B：祝贺你，鲍博！真是好消息！她叫什么名字？
A：我们给她起名叫爱丽丝，用我太太祖母的名字。
B：漂亮的名字。替我问候你的太太。
chăo fáng
炒房
real estate speculation
hù kŏu
户口
permanent residence registration/permit
wō jū
蜗居
Dwelling Narrowness (Wo Ju), a popular Chinese TV show that depicts the lives of modern-day young people struggling to make ends meet with high housing prices. As a noun, it means a very small room, like a pigeonhole; as a verb, it refers to “dwelling in a narrow space.”
yĭ zú
蚁族
ant tribe, a term coined by Chinese sociologists to describe the struggles of young migrants with diplomas who scramble to big cities in hopes of leading better lives; these migrants often end up with low-paying jobs and poor living conditions. They are just like ants: clever, weak and living in groups.
hù jí găi gé
户籍改革
reform of the household registration system
tún jī tǔ dì
囤积土地
land hoarding
wǔ pán xī shòu
捂盘惜售
property hoarding
hōng tái fáng jià
哄抬房价
price rigging
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