Daily bread 02/18/2022

• 'Lying flat': Why some Chinese are putting work second - BBC News

  • to get rid of
  • be an upgrade on
  • a highly-paid job
  • "mindless" computer games
  • develop a social circle
  • adopted city
  • life as he knew it
  • came to an abrupt stop
  • it struck him
  • his firm started laying off staff
  • He finally snapped
  • he had an epiphany
  • a nearby bar
  • scaled back their commitment to work
  • to ditch his job
  • It remains to be seen
  • a possible full-blown retraction

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