Buzzword: 工作旅行 workcation
工作旅行 gōng zuò lǚ xíng
workcation
A workcation is a working vacation where people go to an exotic place, like a hotel, and complete specific tasks or accomplish a goal before leaving. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many companies now operate remotely and some continue to do so even the restrictions are eased.
The remote workcation has become the trending concept of vacation. It is considered that the change of environment helps improve productivity and work-life balance during these times. And the tourism industry is looking to bounce back after a rough several months and try new tactics to bring more customers in with the concept of workcation.
在新冠疫情迫使很多人在家办公的同时，工作旅行也因为科技发展成为一种流行趋势。
Zài xīnguān yìqíng pòshǐ hěnduō rén zàijiā bàngōng de tóngshí, gōngzuò lǚxíng yě yīnwèi kējì fāzhǎn chéngwéi yīzhǒng qūshì.
While the Covid-19 situation has forced many people into working from homes, workcations are also becoming a popular trend due to technological advancements.
内卷 nèijuǎn
involution
The concept of involution, originally an anthropology term, was first used by American scholar Clifford Geertz in his works “Agricultural Involution” to explain the stagnant of agricultural development on Java Island.
The term came to the attention of the wider Chinese public when several straight-A students from Peking University, one of China’s top universities, post “hard-working” pictures. Some stack piles of books on their dormitory beds; some even work on their essays while riding bikes.
Parents wait in a cram school in Hangzhou while their kids taking accelerated classes at a weekend.
The term is now widely used to describe fierce, sometimes irrational, peer competition in pursuit of scarce social advantages, which might lead to unnecessary consumption and waste of energy.
海外抗疫形势不好导致很多打算出国留学的学生无法成行，因此考研/保研竞争更加激烈，这就是一种内卷。
Hǎiwài kàngyì xíngshì bùhǎo dǎozhì hěnduō dǎsuàn chūguó liúxué de xuéshēng wúfǎ chéngxíng, yīncǐ kǎoyán/bǎoyán jīngzhēng gèngjiā jīliè, zhè jiùshì yìzhǒng nèijuǎn.
Many students who decided to study overseas gave up their original plans due to the not-so-promising handling of the COVID-19 crisis outside China. Therefore, the competitions for postgraduate entrance grows even more fierce. That’s an example of involution.
