刚结婚的时候，我只是一个普通的医生，我丈夫还是个中学老师，每天生活都很规律，我们俩每天早上起床后，一起吃早餐，看新闻，然后一起出门上班，生活很幸福。
十年过去了，现在他已经是校长了，我也成为了医院的主任，我们的职位越来越高，工作也越来越忙，每天早上我起床后都看不到他，晚上我回家的时候他已经睡了。
我们一起吃饭、交流的机会越来越少，偶尔见面，也不知道应该说什么了。
曾经希望我们可以少一些会议，多一些休息，可以像以前一样经常在一起，但是大家都不愿意放弃自己的事业，最后我们只能离婚了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 刚 | gāng | just / barely / exactly |
| 结婚 | jié hūn | to marry; to get married |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 普通 | pǔ tōng | common / ordinary / general / average |
| 医生 | yī shēng | doctor |
| 丈夫 | zhàng fu | husband |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 中学 | zhōng xué | middle school |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 规律 | guī lǜ | rule / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 俩 | liǎ | two / both / some |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning |
| 起床 | qǐ chuáng | to get out of bed; to get up |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 早餐 | zǎo cān | breakfast |
| 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 |
| 新闻 | xīn wén | news |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 出门 | chū mén | to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / (of a woman) to get married |
| 上班 | shàng bān | to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office |
| 幸福 | xìng fú | happy / blessed |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 过去 | guò qù | to go over; to pass by |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 校长 | xiào zhǎng | (college, university) president / headmaster |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 医院 | yī yuàn | hospital |
| 主任 | zhǔ rèn | director / head |
| 职位 | zhí wèi | position; post; job |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 忙 | máng | busy |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening / night |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 睡 | shuì | to sleep / to lie down |
| 吃饭 | chī fàn | to have a meal / to eat |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb) |
| 机会 | jī huì | opportunity / chance / occasion |
| 少 | shǎo | few / less |
| 偶尔 | ǒu ěr | occasionally / once in a while / sometimes |
| 见面 | jiàn miàn | to meet; to see each other |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 曾经 | céng jīng | once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 会议 | huì yì | meeting / conference |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 休息 | xiū xi | rest |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble / to be like / to look as if |
| 以前 | yǐ qián | before / formerly / previous / ago |
| 一样 | yī yàng | just like |
| 经常 | jīng cháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 愿意 | yuàn yì | to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth) |
| 放弃 | fàng qì | to renounce; to abandon; to give up |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 事业 | shì yè | undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | finally; in the end |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 离婚 | lí hūn | to divorce |