#308 台灣年輕人 Young People in Taiwan

Z世代 Z shì dài – Gen Z; people born roughly from the mid-1990s to early 2010s

智慧型手機 zhì huì xíng shǒu jī – smartphone

社群媒體 shè qún méi tǐ – social media

焦慮 jiāo lǜ – anxiety

放大檢視 fàng dà jiǎn shì – to scrutinize or magnify (behavior/speech)

放到網路上被公審 fàng dào wǎng lù shàng bèi gōng shěn – to be publicly criticized on the internet

草莓族 cǎo méi zú – "strawberry generation" (used to describe young people seen as unable to handle pressure)

月光族 yuè guāng zú – people who spend all their salary each month, with no savings

抗壓性很低 kàng yā xìng hěn dī – having low stress tolerance

烘焙課程 hōng bèi kè chéng – baking class

藝術創作 yì shù chuàng zuò – artistic creation

特質 tè zhí – characteristic; trait

偏鄉 piān xiāng – rural or remote area

雙語教育 shuāng yǔ jiào yù – bilingual education

跟國際接軌 gēn guó jì jiē guǐ – to connect with the international community

城鄉差距 chéng xiāng chā jù – urban-rural gap

住房正義 zhù fáng zhèng yì – housing justice

轉型正義 zhuǎn xíng zhèng yì – transitional justice

共通點 gòng tōng diǎn – common point; shared characteristic

公平 gōng píng – fairness

組織起來發聲 zǔ zhī qǐ lái fā shēng – to organize and speak out

設立 shè lì – to establish

青年委員 qīng nián wěi yuán – youth representative

諮詢平台 zī xún píng tái – advisory platform

高房價 gāo fáng jià – high housing prices

低薪 dī xīn – low salary

少子化 shǎo zǐ huà – declining birth rate

環境變遷 huán jìng biàn qiān – environmental change

平衡 píng héng – balance

逃避 táo bì – to avoid; escape

拼命 pīn mìng – to work desperately hard

拼事業 pīn shì yè – to fight or strive for a successful career

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