在韓國(guó)生活艱苦嗎？（2）

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Tong Zou, lived in Seoul (2014-2016)
I’d say it is, for most people.
For rich people and foreigners its not that bad. For college age students, it might be pretty good. Nightlife is great and you can party all night. However, if you are a native Korean of any other age, it’s pretty stressful. As any Korean can attest:

鄒彤，首爾人(2014-2016)
對(duì)大多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō)，我認(rèn)為的確如此（生活壓力大）。
對(duì)于富人和外國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)，這里的生活并沒(méi)有那么糟糕。對(duì)于上大學(xué)階段的學(xué)生們來(lái)說(shuō)，也相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)，夜生活豐富多彩，你可以整夜狂歡。然而，如果你是其他年齡的韓國(guó)人壓力可就大多了。任何一個(gè)韓國(guó)人都可以證明:



men and women (but especially women) are expected to look perfect whenever they go outside. Appearance is so valued in South Korea that plastic surgery is often done just to have a better chance to get a job (so think about that next time you criticize Korean girls for being ‘fake’). Women are constantly checking their makeup in the mirror (even high school girls). And after they marry they are still expected to take care of the household duties. Abortion is still officially illegal (this despite that Korean men drug + rape women but don’t consider it rape). It’s especially difficult in South Korea to be a woman which is why the marriage rates and birth rates are declining.

男人和女人(尤其是女人)無(wú)論何時(shí)出門(mén)都要看起來(lái)很完美。
在韓國(guó)，外貌是如此重要，整容手術(shù)往往只是為了獲得更好的工作機(jī)會(huì)(所以下次你批評(píng)韓國(guó)女孩“假”的時(shí)候，請(qǐng)好好想想這個(gè)問(wèn)題)。女人經(jīng)常對(duì)著鏡子化妝(甚至是高中女生)?；楹?，她們還被要求能承擔(dān)家務(wù)。墮胎在官方上仍然是非法的(盡管韓國(guó)男人吸毒+強(qiáng)奸女人，但并不被視為是強(qiáng)奸)。在韓國(guó)，成為一名女性尤其困難，這就是結(jié)婚率和出生率下降的原因。

If I had to sum it up in one word its competition. This is both the strength and weakness of South Korea. Yes - South Koreans have a lot to be proud of. They have one of the most popular entertainment industries in the world. Beautiful women are everywhere to be seen. The nightlife is incomparable. Samsung is the largest IT company in the world. They have the best esports gamers in the world. All this from a country about the same size as Ohio.

如果非要用一個(gè)詞來(lái)概括的話(huà)，那就是它的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)（太過(guò)于激烈）。這既是韓國(guó)的優(yōu)勢(shì)，也是它的弱點(diǎn)。是的，韓國(guó)人有很多值得驕傲的地方。他們擁有世界上最受歡迎的娛樂(lè)產(chǎn)業(yè)之一。到處都能看到漂亮的女人。夜生活是無(wú)與倫比的。三星是世界上最大的IT公司。他們有世界上最好的電子競(jìng)技玩家。所有這些都來(lái)自一個(gè)和俄亥俄州差不多大小的國(guó)家。

However, there are many dark sides to this light, and often average Koreans have to suffer from birth to death because of it.. which is why young Koreans refer to their country as ‘Hell Joseon’. Their country has the highest suicide rate in the OECD for a good reason.

然而，這種光明也有許多黑暗的一面，因此，普通韓國(guó)人常常不得不從出生到死亡就一直在忍受痛苦。這就是為什么韓國(guó)年輕人稱(chēng)他們的國(guó)家為“地獄朝鮮”。他們的國(guó)家是經(jīng)合組織中自殺率最高的國(guó)家，這是有充分理由的。

Sunny Adak, studied at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Living in Seoul from last 2.5 yrs and finally going back to India next month.

桑尼·阿達(dá)克，曾在印度印德拉普薩大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)
在首爾住了兩年半，終于要在下個(gè)月回印度了。

Disclaimer: I have nothing against Korea and It’s people and it’s just my opinion.
I am from India which is a developing country and my first impression about south Korea was of developed country with good standard of living and i was right, the people and society has kept the high standards and make me fall in love with Korea at first sight.

免責(zé)聲明:我不反對(duì)韓國(guó)和它的人民，這只是我的意見(jiàn)。
我來(lái)自印度，這是一個(gè)發(fā)展中國(guó)家，我對(duì)韓國(guó)的第一印象是生活水平高的發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家，我是對(duì)的，這里人民和社會(huì)一直保持著高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，讓我對(duì)韓國(guó)一見(jiàn)鐘情。

But with passage of time, i realize that everything is not shiny here and there is hidden meaning behind everything.
Now, Back to your question: Is life hard in South Korea? It depends how you tackle situations in life.
There can be several reasons behind this

但隨著時(shí)間的流逝，我意識(shí)到并不是這里的一切都那么光鮮，每件事背后都隱藏著另一層意義。
現(xiàn)在，回到你的問(wèn)題:韓國(guó)的生活艱難嗎?這取決于你如何處理生活中的情況。
這背后可能有幾個(gè)原因

Korean culture: Korean culture is great and you will like that in 1st glance. Respecting elders, bowing down while greeting people and meeting new people but after some time those same people will make you uncomfortable. As a foreigner, when you accustom their culture then they will notice you and appreciate you but as time passes, you will realize that their is no “escape button” from this. Even days after days, weeks after weeks, year after year you will realize that whatever you know about Korean culture is still zero and people will expect more and more from you.



Boredom: After spending so much time in clubs, pubs and markets, you come across certainly kind of boredom in your life. I don’t know about other but after 2 years of my night life in Korea, someday i realized that it is of no use and i am just wasting in life.

無(wú)聊:在俱樂(lè)部、酒吧和市場(chǎng)呆了這么長(zhǎng)時(shí)間之后，你的生活中肯定會(huì)遇到某種無(wú)聊。其他的我不知道，但是在韓國(guó)生活了2年之后，有一天我意識(shí)到這樣的生活真的毫無(wú)意義，我只是在浪費(fèi)自己的生命。

As an Individual you will hate the life here but if you see this as a society then you will love it. It’s kind of love-hate relationship with South Korea.

作為個(gè)人，你會(huì)討厭這里的生活，但如果你把這里看作一個(gè)社會(huì)，那么你會(huì)喜歡它的。這是種對(duì)韓國(guó)又愛(ài)又恨的關(guān)系。