“内卷”和“躺平”

“Neijuan” and “Lying Ping” are words that Chinese post-90s and even post-00s often talk about. One refers to “excessive competition” and the other stands for “exit competition.” These two diametrically opposed terms reflect the frustration of the younger generation against the fierce competition in society.“内卷”和“躺平”是中國90後甚至00後經常談論的詞。一種指過度競争，另一種則指退出競争。這兩個截然相反的詞反映了年輕一代對社會激烈競争的無奈。

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内卷

Nei juan

Originally an anthropological term, "involution", or "neijuan" in Chinese - literally translated to an inward curling - refers to a social concept where population growth does not result in productivity or improved innovation.

“内卷”原本是一個人類學的學術用語，指的是一種社會概念，即人口增長不能帶來生産力或改進的創新。

Today, the term is broadly used to express a feeling of burn out.

今天，這個詞被廣泛用來表達筋疲力盡的感覺。

The trend started from the most elite university campuses in the country when pictures of students taking hard work to the extreme went viral on the internet last year. In one of the photos, one student from Tsinghua University was operating on his laptop while riding a bike. The student was crowned as "Tsinghua's Involuted King", and the idea of involution began trending across China's young generation.

這一流行始于去年中國最頂尖的大學校園，當時學生們努力學習到極緻的照片在網上瘋傳。在其中一張照片中，一名清華大學的學生一邊騎自行車一邊使用筆記本電腦學習。這名學生被譽為清華大學的“内卷王”，于是“内卷”的概念開始在中國的年輕一代中流行起來。

從這段話中我們可以看出來，

“内卷”這個詞是有正經的英文對應的。

involution

/ɪnvə'l(j)uːʃ(ə)n/

n. 卷繞,回旋

這個詞怎麼和内卷聯系上呢?

in表示“向内”，volution是“卷”。

除此之外還有一個習語，

在意思上比較接近“内卷”

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躺平

Tang ping

英文媒體Sixth tone将“躺平”按照字面直譯為“Lie Down”。

Tired of Running in Place(原地跑步，比喻辛苦勞作卻沒有成長

Young Chinese ‘Lie Down’譯：厭倦原地跑，中國年輕人“躺平”。

譯：中國流行趨勢：年輕人拒絕競争，擁抱“躺平”。

lying flat就是字面的意思“平躺”，

和前面的“Rat Race”形成鮮明對比。

“Lying flat”, a trend among young Chinese to opt out of stressful jobs.

中國年輕人選擇放棄壓力很大的工作的一種趨勢，叫作“躺平”。

最後，

今天的英語小知識總結：

躺平：lie down/lying flat

内卷：involution、rat race

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