夢(mèng)破、夢(mèng)醒或夢(mèng)圓了，回到現(xiàn)實(shí)，所以無(wú)夢(mèng)。傷痛太多、太重、太深了，已經(jīng)麻木，反而無(wú)痛。生活過(guò)得艱難、單調(diào)、自我，日復(fù)一日，變得無(wú)趣。越來(lái)越多的中國(guó)人，正在變成無(wú)夢(mèng)、無(wú)痛、無(wú)趣的“橡皮人”。

"One day at a time" might be the motto for a growing group of fatigued young, white-collar Chinese known as 'eraser' or 'plasticine' men (xiang pi ren).

“得過(guò)且過(guò)”大概是越來(lái)越多疲憊的年輕白領(lǐng)一族的生活信條，他們被稱(chēng)為“橡皮人”。

Brow-beaten out of shape by life, they show little if any response as they are kneaded this way and that, they are mostly white-collar workers who are somewhat numb to life, have no dreams, interests or ideals, and do not feel much pain - or joy.

在生活的壓力下，他們的身體狀況都不佳，遭到任何的待遇也不會(huì)有太多反應(yīng)，他們多數(shù)是白領(lǐng)，對(duì)生活麻木，沒(méi)有夢(mèng)想、愛(ài)好或理想，也感覺(jué)不到痛苦或快樂(lè)。

These 'plasticine men' can be found among doctors, bank employees, teachers, journalists, traffic policemen, civil servants, actors and taxi drivers. Typically, they work alone and for more than 50 hours a week. They feel as if they have expended all their energy and all they get in return is a sense of emptiness.

在醫(yī)生、銀行職員、教師、記者、交通警、公務(wù)員、演員以及出租車(chē)司機(jī)當(dāng)中，你都可以見(jiàn)到“橡皮人”的身影。他們通常獨(dú)自工作，每周工作超過(guò)50個(gè)小時(shí)。他們覺(jué)得已經(jīng)耗盡了全部的精力，而獲得的回報(bào)卻只是一種空虛感。

The term comes from a 1986 book, Xiang Pi Ren (Plasticine Man), by still-popular novelist Wang Shuo, that was later made into a film entitled Out Of Breath (Da chuan qi).

“橡皮人”這個(gè)稱(chēng)呼來(lái)源于著名小說(shuō)家王朔1986年的作品《橡皮人》，該書(shū)后來(lái)被改編成電影《大喘氣》。

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