近日，拼多多的一名22岁员工在凌晨1点多下班以后，在回家途中猝死。
之后拼多多官方账号回应：”你们看看底层的人民，哪一个不是用命换钱…
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这是一个用命拼的时代，你可以选择安逸的日子，但你就要选择安逸带来的后果…
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”这一不近人情的回应尽管很快被删除，还是引起了众多的指责和愤怒。
拼多多是近年来快速发展崛起的一家电子商务公司，它在几年时间内就依靠低价和折扣获得了大量中低收入者的支持，并于2020年在纳斯达克上市，成为中国第二大电子商务平台。
虽然拼多多的工资比很多同行更高，但除了工作时间长，还对员工有很多严格的管理。
此次事件引起了大规模的互联网关注和讨论，因为很多科技公司普遍存在996的工作制度和加班文化。
《劳动法》对于每天的工作时间等都有具体的规定，但是每个公司都有自己的借口，比如员工没有完成工作任务或者自愿加班等。
其中，技术和产品是加班最严重的两大行业。
很多大公司的老板，比如阿里巴巴的马云，小米的雷军等，都对加班文化给过肯定和支持。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 近日 | jìn rì | (in) the past few days / recently / (within) the next few days |
| 拼多多 | Pīn duō duō | Pinduoduo, social e-commerce company founded in 2015 |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 名 | míng | classifier for people |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 员工 | yuán gōng | staff; personnel; employee |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 凌晨 | líng chén | very early in the morning / in the wee hours |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock |
| 多 | duō | (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 下班 | xià bān | to finish work; to get off work |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 途 | tú | way / route / road |
| 中 | zhōng | while (doing sth); during |
| 猝死 | cù sǐ | to die suddenly |
| 之后 | zhī hòu | after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 官方 | guān fāng | official (approved or issued by an authority) |
| 账号 | zhàng hào | account number; account; username |
| 回应 | huí yìng | to respond |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 底层 | dǐ céng | ground floor; first floor / lowest level; lowest rung (of society etc) |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 哪 | něi | which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 不是 | bù shì | is not |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 命 | mìng | life / fate / order or command |
| 换 | huàn | to exchange / to change / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency) |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 拼 | pīn | to piece together; to put together / to pool (resources etc); to share / to risk all; to go all out / to spell (words) |
| 时代 | shí dài | age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick |
| 安逸 | ān yì | easy and comfortable / easy |
| 日子 | rì zi | days of one's life |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 带来 | dài lái | to bring / (fig.) to bring about; to produce |
| 后果 | hòu guǒ | consequences; aftermath |
| 不近人情 | bù jìn rén qíng | (idiom) not amenable to reason; unreasonable |
| 尽管 | jǐn guǎn | despite / although / even though / in spite of |
| 很快 | hěn kuài | very quickly; soon |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 删除 | shān chú | to delete / to cancel |
| 还是 | hái shi | still (as before) |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 众多 | zhòng duō | numerous |
| 指责 | zhǐ zé | to criticize / to find fault with / to denounce |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 愤怒 | fèn nù | wrath / ire |
| 近 | jìn | near / close to |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 来 | lái | ever since / for the past (amount of time) |
| 快速 | kuài sù | fast; high-speed; rapid |
| 发展 | fā zhǎn | to develop / to grow / to expand |
| 崛起 | jué qǐ | to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 电子 | diàn zǐ | electronic |
| 商务 | shāng wù | commercial affairs / commerce / business |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 几 | jǐ | several / a few |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 内 | nèi | within |
| 依靠 | yī kào | to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on |
| 低 | dī | low |
| 价 | jià | price / value / (chemistry) valence |
| 折扣 | zhé kòu | discount |
| 获得 | huò dé | to obtain; to receive; to get |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount / large quantity / bulk |
| 中低收入者 | zhōng dī shōu rù zhě | people with low to middle income; low- and lower-middle-income earners |
| 支持 | zhī chí | support / backing |
| 并 | bìng | furthermore / also / simultaneously |
| 于 | yú | (of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by |
| 纳斯达克 | Nà sī dá kè | NASDAQ (stock exchange) |
| 上市 | shàng shì | to hit the market (of a new product) / to float (a company on the stock market) |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 平台 | píng tái | platform |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 工资 | gōng zī | wages; pay |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 同行 | tóng háng | person of the same profession |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 长 | cháng | long |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 严格 | yán gé | strict; stringent; tight; rigorous |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | management / administration |
| 此 | cǐ | this; these |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
| 规模 | guī mó | scale; scope; extent |
| 互联网 | Hù lián wǎng | Internet |
| 关注 | guān zhù | concern; interest; attention |
| 讨论 | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 科技 | kē jì | science and technology |
| 普遍 | pǔ biàn | universal / general / widespread / common |
| 存在 | cún zài | to exist / to be |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system / institution |
| 加班 | jiā bān | to work overtime |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 劳动法 | láo dòng fǎ | labor law; laws and regulations governing employment, work hours, wages, and worker protections |
| 对于 | duì yú | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 具体 | jù tǐ | concrete; specific; detailed |
| 规定 | guī dìng | regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 借口 | jiè kǒu | excuse; pretext |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 完成 | wán chéng | to complete; to accomplish |
| 任务 | rèn wu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or |
| 自愿 | zì yuàn | voluntary |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among / in / included among these |
| 技术 | jì shù | technology; technique; skill |
| 产品 | chǎn pǐn | goods / merchandise / product |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 严重 | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 行业 | háng yè | trade; profession; industry; business |
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | boss / business proprietor |
| 阿里巴巴 | Ā lǐ bā bā | Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company |
| 马云 | Mǎ Yún | Ma Yun (1964-), aka Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire businessman, co-founder of Alibaba |
| 小米 | Xiǎo mǐ | Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010 |
| 雷军 | Léi Jūn | Lei Jun, the founder and CEO of Xiaomi |
| 给 | gěi | to give |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 肯定 | kěn dìng | to give recognition; to affirm |