刚开始的时候我并没有打算住在大城市里。
剛開始的時候我並沒有打算住在大城市裡。
gāng kāi shǐ de shí hou wǒ bìng méi yǒu dǎ suàn zhù zài dà chéng shì lǐ 。
I had no intention of living in a large city from the start.
Mandarin
我能用一句话描述中国,尤其是关于北京那样的大城市:中国是一个有悠闲生活并有快速生活的国家。
我能用一句話描述中國,尤其是關於北京那樣的大城市:中國是一個有悠閒生活並有快速生活的國家。
wǒ néng yòng yī jù huà miáo shù zhōng guó , yóu qí shì guān yú běi jīng nà yàng de dà chéng shì : zhōng guó shì yí gè yǒu yōu xián shēng huó bìng yǒu kuài sù shēng huó de guó jiā 。
I can describe China, especially in relation to big cities like Beijing, in one sentence - China is a country whose pace of life is both fast and leisurely.
In big cities, university graduates are everywhere. It isn't easy to get a job!
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Mandarin
总起来看,中国将是大块的乡村变为进步和光明的地区,而小块的敌占区,尤其是大城市,将暂时地变为落后和黑暗的地区。
總起來看,中國將是大塊的鄉村變為進步和光明的地區,而小塊的敵佔區,尤其是大城市,將暫時地變為落後和黑暗的地區。
zǒng qǐ lái kàn , zhōng guó jiāng shì dà kuài de xiāng cūn biàn wéi jìn bù hé guāng míng de dì qū , ér xiǎo kuài de dí zhàn qū , yóu qí shì dà chéng shì , jiāng zàn shí de biàn wéi luò hòu hé hēi àn de dì qū .
All in all, big pieces of China's territory, namely, the rural areas, will be transformed into regions of progress and light, while the small pieces, namely, the enemy-occupied areas and especially the big cities, will temporarily become regions of backwardness and darkness.
Mandarin
我们应该学习它,具体地说,学北伐战争的长驱直进和夺取大城市。
我們應該學習它,具體地説,學北伐戰爭的長驅直進和奪取大城市。
wǒ men yīng gāi xué xí tā , jù tǐ de shuō , xué běi fá zhàn zhēng de cháng qū zhí jìn hé duó qǔ dà chéng shì .
We must learn from it, or, to put it more concretely, we must imitate the Northern Expedition in driving straight ahead to seize the big cities.