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Formal Weddings Less Popular Among Chinese Youth

Formal Weddings Less Popular Among Chinese Youth
正式婚礼在中国年轻人中遇冷
正式婚礼在中国年轻人中遇冷
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正式 - zhèngshì - formal / official / formally / officially
婚礼 - hūnlǐ - wedding ceremony / wedding
放弃 - fàngqì - to renounce / to abandon / to give up
举办 - jǔbàn - to conduct / to hold
场 - chǎng - measure word for recreational or physical activities
花费 - huāfèi - to spend (time or money) / expense / cost / expenditure
必要 - bìyào - necessary / essential / indispensable / required
麻烦 - máfan - inconvenient / troublesome / annoying
方式 - fāngshì - way (of life) / pattern / style / mode / manner
父母 - fùmǔ - father and mother / parents
安排 - ānpái - to arrange / to plan / to set up / arrangements / plans
Grammar
不是 / 没有…,而是… - Expressing "not…, but rather…" with "bùshì / méiyǒu...,érshì..."
举行婚礼的地方也不是在酒店里,而是在咖啡店,草坪或者他们觉得有意思的地方。

一方面...,另一方面… - Expressing "on the one hand…on the other hand…" with "yī fāngmiàn...,lìng yī fāngmiàn..."
一方面,举办婚礼一年比一年贵。2020年举办一场正式婚礼大约需要23万元,而在2015年,婚礼的花费连10万元都不到。另一方面,大部分90后年轻人认为应该把钱花在对的地方,没有必要把那么多钱花在一场婚礼上。

(大)约 + Number / Quantity - Expressing "approximately / probably…" with "(dà)yuē + Number / Quantity"
一方面,举办婚礼一年比一年贵。2020年举办一场正式婚礼大约需要23万元,而在2015年,婚礼的花费连10万元都不到。

Sentence 1 + 而 + Sentence 2 - Expressing "but / however…" with "Sentence 1 + ér + Sentence 2" (used to explain contrasting ideas)
一方面,举办婚礼一年比一年贵。2020年举办一场正式婚礼大约需要23万元,而在2015年,婚礼的花费连10万元都不到。

大部分 + Noun Phrase - Expressing "in large part / the greater part of sth" with "dàbùfen + Noun Phrase"
另一方面,大部分90后年轻人认为应该把钱花在对的地方,没有必要把那么多钱花在一场婚礼上。

另外… - Expressing "in addition / besides..." with "lìngwài..."
另外,他们觉得正式婚礼需要做的事情太多,太麻烦,不是他们想要的那种婚礼。

按照... - Expressing "according to / in accordance with / in the light of..." with "àn​zhào..."
他们想要的是按照自己喜欢的方式举办婚礼。
他们会按照父母的安排举办正式婚礼。

Verb + 出(来) - Expressed after a verb to indicate completion of an action for "to come up with" or "to come into being" with "Verb + chu(lai)"
他们更喜欢自己做出选择。
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