#putonghua

😤🖤⚖️ The ugliness of human nature is this: picking faults in those who are powerless and kind, while finding virtues in those who are powerful and corrupt. // Rénxìng de chǒulòu jiùshì, zài wú quán, wú shì, shànliáng de rén shēnshàng tiāo máobìng; zài yǒu quán, yǒu shì, quēdé de rén shēnshàng zhǎo yōudiǎn.

🧴👎💔 Cupping therapists always say you have too much dampness. Beauticians always say your skin is dehydrated. Just like those who don't love you will always find something wrong with you. // Báguàn de rén yǒngyuǎn shuō nǐ shīqì zhòng, měiróng de rén yǒngyuǎn shuō nǐ pífū quēshuǐ, jiù xiàng bù ài nǐ de rén zǒng zài nǐ shēnshàng tiāo máobìng.

😔🏚️💔 A poor person's family of origin is essentially a psychiatric ward: A father who is hot-tempered and incompetent, a mother who does nothing but weep and wail, children who are insecure and anxious, elders who are greedy and selfish, and relatives who never stop meddling. // Qióngrén de yuánshēng jiātíng, qíshí jiùshì jīngshén bìngyuàn; fùqīn bàozào wúnéng; mǔqīn kūkū títí; háizi zìbēi jiāolǜ; lǎorén tānlán zìsī; qīnqī zhǐshǒu huàjiǎo.

💅✨🛍️ Within your own means, buy what you love and reward yourself after all the hard work. Being cherished by others is a surprise; cherishing yourself is a capability. May you have both surprises and capability! // Zài zìjǐ de nénglì fànwéi nèi, mǎi zìjǐ xǐhuān de dōngxi, kàoláo yīxià xīnkǔ yǐjiǔ de zìjǐ. Yǒu rén chǒng shì jīngxǐ, zìjǐ chǒng shì nénglì, yuàn nǐ yǒu jīngxǐ yě yǒu nénglì!

🍡📱😅 After finishing this bowl of tangyuan, the diet starts tomorrow! (Pulling out phone to set alarm: Remind me to say this again next Lantern Festival…) I swear, this time I mean it! No more tangyuan as my diet's stumbling block! // Chī wán zhè wǎn tāngyuán, míngtiān kāishǐ jiǎnféi. (Tāo chū shǒujī shè nào zhōng: Míngnián Yuánxiāojié tíxǐng wǒ zài shuō yībiàn…) Wǒ xuānshì, zhè cì yīdìng yào shuō dào zuò dào! Bù zài ràng tāngyuán chéngwéi wǒ jiǎnféi lù shàng de bàn jiǎo shí!

🛒😅🍫 The snack-buying paradox: At home: Want to eat everything. At the store: No cravings at all. Back home: Should’ve bought something. After buying a pile: Should’ve bought nothing. // Mǎi líng shí xiàn zhuàng: Zài jiā: Shá dōu xiǎng chī. Zài chāo shì: Háo wú yù wàng. Dào jiā: Zǎo zhī dào mǎi diǎn le. Mǎi le yī duī hòu: Zǎo zhī dào bù mǎi le.

📈💔🔄 Love is actually a parabola. When two people love each other the most, that is the peak. // Ài qí shí shì pāo wù xiàn, zài zuì xiāng ài de shí hou, jiù shì dǐng diǎn le.

🌦️💔🎭 Some people only love you when they are in a good mood. // Yǒu xiē rén jiù shì xīn qíng hǎo de shí hou cái ài nǐ.