现在多少人因为两地工作两边跑 都是很正常
“Nowadays, many people travel back and forth for work between two cities. It is very normal.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
成都 重庆 贵阳离上海也就 三个小时的飞机
“Chengdu, Chongqing, and Guiyang are only about a three-hour flight from Shanghai.”
现在多少人因为两地 工作 两边跑 都是 很正常
“Nowadays, many people travel back and forth for work between two cities. It is very normal.”
再说了
“Besides,”
“Don't worry so much about the distance; lots of couples make this work, so we can too.”
With the expansion of China's high-speed rail and domestic aviation, living in one city while working or having family in another has become a common modern compromise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
working in two different cities/locations
Commonly used when discussing dual-career couples living apart in modern China.
commuting or traveling back and forth between two places
A colloquial way to describe a lifestyle that involves regular travel between two bases.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Commuting back and forth is indeed exhausting.”
“It's indeed too tiring for you to be working for both sides.”
“working tirelessly around the clock.”
“I'll have to do the work of two people all by myself, and it'll be exhausting.”
“Don't you have work? You're coming twice a day.”
“Working in a big city is different.”