我看中国 第二十八课：剩女，二奶，小鲜肉

剩女

n. shèng nǚ leftover women (mainland internet slang for a woman who is successful career-wise, but not romantically)

二奶

n. èr nǎi mistress (mainland internet slang)

小鲜肉

n. xiǎo xiān ròu (lit.) little fresh meat

(mainland internet slang for young, good-looking males, boy toys)

解放

v. jiě fàng to liberate

妇女

n. fù nǚ women (in general)

缠脚

v. chán jiǎo (of girls) to bind one's feet, feet-binding

跨国

跨国公司

adj. kuà guó transnational

transnational company

单位

n. dān wèi work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to 1978)

争取

争取+权利/平等/机会

v. zhēng qǔ to fight for, strive for

to fight for rights/equality/opportunity

体现

example体现了...

v. tǐ xiàn to embody

example embodies.....[bigger picture]

未婚

adj. wèi hūn unmarried

已婚

adj. yǐ hūn married

侮辱

v. wǔ rǔ to insult

然而

conj. rán ér however

广泛

...在place广泛流行

adj./adv. guǎng fàn widespread

....is widely popular at [place]

仍

adv. réng still

=还

单身

adj. dān shēn single

鄙视

v. bǐ shì to despise, to look down upon

丢脸

v.o. diū liǎn to lose face

不体面

adj. bù tǐ miàn shameful

嫁

female嫁给male

female嫁出去

v. jià (of a woman) to marry (a man)

相亲

v. xiāng qīn to size up a prospective mate in an arranged meeting, blind date

尴尬

adj. gān gà embarrassing, awkward

依靠

v. yī kào to depend on

妥协

A向B妥协

v. tuǒ xié to compromise

A compromised with B

学识

n. xué shí learning

自愿

sb.自愿+do sth others don't want to do

adv. zì yuàn voluntarily

sb voluntarily did sth others didn't want to do

情人

n. qíng rén lover, mistress

一夫一妻

n. yì fū yì qī monogamy, one partner at a time

半公开

bàn gōng kāi - semi-public, more or less open

唯一

adj. wéi yī the only, sole

归宿

n. guī sù a lasting or permanent place/stage in life, (of girls) to be happily married

事业

n. shì yè career

颜值

n. yán zhí (mainland internet slang) attractiveness index

帅气

adj. shuài qì (of young men) handsome, good-looking

歌星

n. gē xīng singer

演员

n. yǎn yuán actor

粉丝

粉丝+追捧sb.

n. fěn sī fans

fans chase after sb

追捧

粉丝+追捧sb.

v. zhuī pěng to chase after (a celebrity)

fans chase after sb

性暗示

xìng àn shì - sexually-suggestive hinting

类似

A和B类似

adj. lèi sì similar

A and B are similar

小白脸

n. xiǎo bái liǎn young fair face-handsome, feminine young man

取悦

A取悦B

v. qǔ yuè to please (sb)

A pleases B

女权

adj. nǚ quán feminism

玩物

把sb当成玩物

n. wán wù plaything

to make (treat) sb as a plaything

数值

n. shù zhí number

长相

n. zhǎng xiàng looks

容貌

n. róng mào facial appearance and expression

判断

n. pàn duàn - judge

主观

adj. zhǔ guān subjective

客观

adj. kè guān objective

审美

n. shěn měi aesthetics

美丑

n. měi chǒu beauty and ugliness

测量

v. cè liáng to measure

外表

n. wài biǎo external appearance

美容

n./v. měi róng beauty treatment, to improve one's looks

整形手术

n. zhěng xíng shǒu shù plastic surgery

追逐

v. zhuī zhú to blindly pursue

声色名利

n. shēng sè míng lì sensual pleasures, fame and wealth

潮流

cháo liú - fashion

风气

社会风气

n. fēng qì ethos, the general mood

general mood of society

用不着

sb用不着VP

v.c. yòng bu zháo there is no need for...

sb has no need to VP

多样并存

place 多样并存

idm. duō yàng bìng cún many styles and kinds coexist, to have great diversity

place has great diversity

...为/被+...社会/大家/人们...所+接受/批评

sth is accepted/criticized by society/people

....然而...

however...

.......,但是/然而，从另一个角度来看....

however, (looking) from another perspective.....

.....,说白了.....

to put it in plain language....

.....无非就是....

....is nothing but...., no more than....

...., 只是...罢了

often used at the end of a declarative sentence to mean "it is only that....and that's all, nothing else"

用不着VP

there is no need to VP, it is not worthwhile to VP

用不着vs用不了

用不着-there is no need to, it is not worthwhile to

用不了-do not need all... (when you have more than is needed)