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Overdo例：今天你做的这件事有点过了，你对他又不了解，干嘛对他那么热情啊？something; go too far You you went treat too him far so today. warmly? You don’t know him well. Why did

Unnecessary;例：算了，我们自己修这辆自行车。为这点儿小毛病not worthwhile犯不着跟他生气。Well, let’s repair the bicycle ourselves. It’s pointless to get angry with him for such a small problem.

China Daily with contributions from New Slang of China, New World Press

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“奶奶企业家”来了First we had “mumpreneurs” — the women raising children while also setting up thriving businesses from their kitchen tables.起初，我们有“妈妈企业家”，指那些一边照看孩子，一边在厨房餐桌旁创业并把生意做得红红火火的女性。And now we have the “granpreneurs” who are breaking the "silver ceiling" and taking the business world by storm. They are a generation of spirited, vivacious and entrepreneurial grannies, ripping up the rule book and eschewing steady retirement in order to launch successful businesses.如今，又有了“奶奶企业家”，她们冲破职场“银色屋顶”，席卷整个商务领域。她们是意气风发、生性活泼，具有创业精神的奶奶辈，她们打破一切固有规则，放弃稳定的退休生活，只为成就个人创业。According to the UK Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report published by Aston University Business School in July 2014, 6.5 percent of those above age 50 are starting businesses — the same percentage as those between ages 18 and 49 — for the first time.由英国阿斯顿大学商学院2014年7月发布的英国全球创业观察报告显示，50岁以上人群中有6.5%在创业，首次与18-49岁人群中的创业人数占比持平。They may have had a long career in employment, but when retirement looms they think: "Hang on, I want to do something I'm passionate about now." And many devise business plans to become their own boss.他们或许一直在为别人工作，可当退休生活来临时，他们会想：“等等，我现在想做一些自己热爱的事情，”而很多人都选择绘制商业蓝图,自己当老板。

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