太卷了 压力不小
“It's too competitive. Life is stressful over there.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不过荣和这点还不下班
“But the people at Ronghe Law Firm are still working at this hour.”
太卷了 压力不小
“It's too competitive. Life is stressful over there.”
叹什么气呀
“Why are you sighing?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
'Juan' has become the defining cultural buzzword among young Chinese white-collar workers, capturing the burnout caused by fierce competition where everyone works longer hours just to maintain their position.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it's excessively competitive / the rat race is insane
Extremely popular contemporary buzzword derived from 'involution' (内卷), used to describe senseless, grueling hyper-competition.
the pressure is quite intense
A polite, litotic way of stating that someone is under immense, overwhelming stress.
Serves as an intensifying marker within '太……了' expressing an extreme degree.
