我们乡的有一个下海了
“Someone from our township went into business.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
换个工作
“Just changing jobs.”
我们乡的有一个下海了
“Someone from our township went into business.”
赚了好多钱
“He made a lot of money and got rich.”
“Someone from my hometown quit their stable job to go into business, and you should consider doing the same.”
A term that emerged during China's reform and opening-up era in the 1980s and 1990s, specifically referring to individuals within the state system (such as government cadres, state-owned enterprise employees, and intellectuals) giving up their secure 'tie fan wan' ('iron rice bowl') jobs to enter the private commercial sector.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
To leave a secure job within the state system or a stable career to engage in commerce or start a business.
A popular catchphrase since the reform and opening-up era, frequently used in the collocation 'ci zhi xia hai' (resigning to go into business).
Functions as a sentence-final particle indicating that a new change of situation has occurred.
