90s Finance Worker Finds Happiness Through Hard Work
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Keywords
90后 - 90hòu - born in the 90s / the 90s
金融 - jīnróng - banking / finance / financial
白领 - báilǐng - white collar / business person
幸福 - xìngfú - happiness / happy / blessed
奋斗 - fèndòu - to strive / to struggle
女孩 - nǚhái - girl
工作 - gōngzuò - to work / work / job
忙 - máng - busy
学习 - xuéxí - to study
大学 - dàxué - university / college
大四 - dàsì - fourth-year university student
开始 - kāishǐ - to start / to begin / start / beginning
找 - zhǎo - to find / to look for
竞争 - jìngzhēng - to compete / competition
地方 - dìfang - area / place
努力 - nǔlì - to try hard / to strive / great effort
下班 - xiàbān - to finish work / to get off work
觉得 - juéde - to think / to feel
Grammar
是 + Emphasised Detail + 的 - Expressed to draw attention to and emphasise a particular detail with "shì + emphasised detail + de" (frequently used when asking details about the past or telling details about the past)
90后金融白领:幸福是奋斗出来的
她觉得幸福是奋斗出来的。

Verb + 出(来) - Expressed after a verb to indicate completion of an action for "to come up with" or "to come into being" with "Verb + chu(lai)"
90后金融白领:幸福是奋斗出来的
她觉得幸福是奋斗出来的。

Noun 1 + 是 + Noun 2 - Expressing that Noun 1 "is" Noun 2 with "Noun 1 + shì + Noun 2" (是 is only used to link two nouns, it cannot be used to link a noun and an adjective)
张心蔚(Zhang Xinwei)是一个90后女孩

...的时候 /...时 - Expressing "when…" with "...de shíhou / ...shí"
在学校的时候,她学习很好。
大学的时候,她学了金融。
大四的时候,她开始找工作,金融工作竞争太大,她去了很多地方找工作。

Verb / Verb Phrase + 了 - Expressing that an action has been completed with "Verb / Verb Phrase + le"
大学的时候,她学了金融。
她去了很多地方找工作。

Verb + 到 (+了) - Expressed after verbs to indicate completion or success of an action with "Verb + dào (+了)"
2013年,她在北京找到了现在的工作

这 / 那 + Measure Word + Noun - Expressing "this… / that…" with "zhè / nà + Measure Word + Noun"
她很喜欢这个工作,工作很努力,下了班还学习。

Separable verbs with aspectual particles 着, 了 or 过 - Separation with "zhe, le or guo" put in between the verb to indicate state of the action
她很喜欢这个工作,工作很努力,下了班还学习。

还 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing "still / and so / also / in addition…" with "hái + Verb" (used when one subject is doing two different things)
她很喜欢这个工作,工作很努力,下了班还学习。
Proper Nouns
北京 - Běijīng - Beijing (capital of the PRC)
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