{"id":10583,"date":"2019-11-22T12:26:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T12:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/?p=10583"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:58:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:58:55","slug":"do-your-shoes-fit-you-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/do-your-shoes-fit-you-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Your Shoes Fit You Well?"},"content":{"rendered":"
As part of her pursuit for the "Golden Rice Bowl", Huihui gave up her "Iron Rice Bowl" privileges at a state-run enterprise. Simon meets up with her again a few weeks after she has been working in her new company, and he wo<\/em>nders how her new job is going.<\/p>\n

           x\u012bn g\u014dng zuò z\u011bn me yàng \u0101
Simon: \u65b0\u5de5\u4f5c\u600e\u4e48\u6837\u554a\uff1f<\/strong>
            How is your new job? <\/p>\n

             \u0101i \uff0cw\u01cen shàng ji\u0101 b\u0101n shì ji\u0101 cháng biàn fàn
Huihui: \u5509\uff0c\u665a\u4e0a\u52a0\u73ed\u662f\u5bb6\u5e38\u4fbf\u996d\u3002
<\/strong>            Well, it has become very common that we work overtime at night.<\/p>\n

             h\u011bn lèi ba
Simon:\u5f88\u7d2f\u5427\uff1f<\/strong>
            It must be tiring.<\/p>\n

             gèng lèi de shì l\u01ceo b\u01cen x\u01d0 hu\u0101n g\u011bi w\u01d2 chu\u0101n xi\u01ceo xié
Huihui:\u66f4\u7d2f\u7684\u662f\u8001\u677f\u559c\u6b22\u7ed9\u6211\u7a7f\u5c0f\u978b\u3002<\/strong>
             The most tiring thing is that the boss likes to put me through my paces.<\/p>\n

"….\u600e\u4e48\u6837?"<\/strong> means "how is ….?" Here Simon asks how the new job is going. Huihui replies that the overtime work is "\u5bb6\u5e38\u4fbf\u996d” (ji\u0101 cháng biàn fàn<\/strong> ), which literally means "ordinary meal" or "homemade food", but here it refers to "usual practice" or "common things". In old China, when food was scarce, lots of commo<\/em>nly used terms or phrases related to food or eating and were widely used in daily life. For example: \u5403\u529b(ch\u012b lì),<\/strong> literally meaning "eat hardships", refers to "experiencing difficulties".<\/p>\n

Huihui co<\/em>ntinues talking a<\/em>bout her job by complaining a<\/em>bout her boss. The original meaning of "\u7a7f\u5c0f\u978b"<\/strong> (chu\u0101n xi\u01ceo xié) referred to people who deliberately made others wear shoes too small to wear in order to make them uncomfortable. Afterwards people extended the meaning to everyday life. Now it refers to those people who secretly scheme or use their official power in order to give others a hard time. The term is generally used to describe how a superior treats their inferiors. We can say "\u7ed9(g\u011bi)…\u7a7f\u5c0f\u978b(chu\u0101n xi\u01ceoxié)".<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n