Questions about marriage and income during Spring Festival reunions trigger anxiety among young people.春节焦虑从哪来 - Where Does Spring Festival Anxiety Come From? [HSK 5]Download the app here:Chinese Short Dialogue | App StoreChinese Short Dialogue | Google PlayAvailable in 8 languages on the app:Chinese Listening | 중국어 리스닝 | 中国語リスニング | Аудирование по китайскому языку | Nghe tiếng Trung | Mendengarkan bahasa Mandarin | Escucha en chino | การฟังภาษาจีน | Chinesisches Hören | Écoute du chinois | Ascolto cinese | Audição em chinês | चीनी सुनना | الاستماع إلى اللغة الصينية《English Translation》黄刚: 花, I recently saw a term called “Spring Festival anxiety,” saying many young people feel nervous just thinking about going home.陈花: I’m not surprised. The scariest thing is when relatives immediately ask: Are you married? How much do you earn? Have you bought a house?黄刚: Right. In the eyes of elders, these questions show concern, but for young people, the pressure is really heavy.陈花: Especially now, with unstable jobs and high housing prices, being constantly compared makes it easy to feel “unsuccessful.”黄刚: From a social perspective, this is actually a difference in values between generations. The older generation is used to measuring life by fixed standards.陈花: That’s why experts advocate the “three no-questions”—talk more about life experiences and avoid labeling.黄刚: In the end, the meaning of the Spring Festival is reunion, not giving each other an ‘annual performance review.’陈花: Exactly. If we express our care more gently, the New Year will feel much more comfortable.

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