"Lying flat" nghĩa là gì?

"Lying flat" = nằm bẹt -> nghĩa (bản dịch của cụm từ tiếng Trung 'tang ping') là phong trào xã hội và lối sống của người Trung Quốc chọn cách sống nhàn nhã và phi vật chất hơn để từ bỏ các yêu cầu nghề nghiệp và kỳ vọng của xã hội.

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The increasingly prominent long-lasting effects of infections with COVID-19 have once again exposed the long-term and irreversible challenges of the "lying flat" approach in combating COVID-19, as adopted by many Western countries, and Chinese observers said that long COVID is likely to result in growing pressure on social and medical resources, the labor force shrinking, innovation declining and economic downturn (sự suy sụp) in the long run.

The ‘lying flat’ or tang ping movement is a phenomenon that emerged in China in 2021. It describes the generations born in the late 1990s and 2000s who, disappointed by their lack of social mobility and economic stagnation (đình trệ), have decided not to ‘not strive for their futures’. They do not want to follow the values of hard work, home ownership, marriage or living standards sought after by past generations.

The article glosses over the true meaning of and reasoning behind the Gen-Z phenomenon of tang ping, or “lying flat”. Lying flat did not become a trend because young people want to avoid being “productive members of society” but rather as a way to push back against a damaging, inescapable (không tránh được) burnout culture, known in Chinese as nei juan, or “involution”. This culture, characterised by extremely long hours and endless competition, is pushing students and workers to breaking point.

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