Joey-晓得-19.2.19

#Expression#

我讨厌这些鸡蛋里挑骨头的话。

I am sick of all this nit-picking.

他这人喜欢鸡蛋里挑骨头。

He is a caviler/nit-picker.

极爱吹毛求疵的人往往是心胸狭窄和无知的人。

The intensely critical spirit is often the narrow-minded and ignorant one.

#Expression#

Watching lanterns at night was just an opportunity for young women to find a man whose appearance appealed to them. Another activity, guessing the answers to lantern riddles, gives young people a chance to interact with each other and know more about each other. For thousands of years, there have been numerous love stories originating during the Lantern Festival.

#News#

She is not the only young Chinese who spends money because she's "lazy". According to a report issued in December by China's e-commerce platform Taobao on China's "lazy economy", Chinese people spent 16 billion yuan on products and services online in 2018. The post-1995 generation was the "laziest" as its consumption increased by 82 percent, compared with that in 2017.

为偷懒花钱的中国年轻人不止小李一个。据中国电子商务平台淘宝12月发布的一份关于中国懒人经济的报告显示，2018年中国人在网络购物上花了160亿。“95后”是“最懒的”，其消费与2017年相比，增幅为82%。

What's your favorite period in terms of Chinese dynasties and aesthetic inspiration?

I think every dynasty left behind something that inspired people.

Some periods encouraged and inspired others to act upon them. For example, Laozi has a book named Daode Jing. There are only a few words in it, but it's been an inspiration to a lot of people; it's like a reference for wisdom. And then there's (Chinese philosopher) Zhuangzi from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BC) and the Buddhist statue, which people looked up to for wisdom as well. And then there's the Ming Emperor... I think they were all an inspiration. Over the 5,000 years of Chinese culture and history, one dynasty happened after another, one culture was passed down and got mixed - so eventually they've all appeared in our daily lives, if only in some small way.