Meet Jacqueline Chen. A girl from my gym who always adds one more practice to her workout routine; taking sweaty selfies. Every time she flaunts her toned abs and robust legs on WeChat, her screen is sure to be filled with hearts and thumbs.
认识陈杰奎琳。 我健身房的一个女孩总是在她的日常锻炼中多加一次练习；拍汗流浃背的自拍。 每次她在微信上炫耀她健美的腹肌和强壮的双腿时，她的屏幕肯定会充满爱心和拇指。
This makes me wonder; has the traditional skinny image of Chinese women started to change?
这让我想知道；中国女性的传统瘦弱形象开始改变了吗？
Not so long ago, an English journalist asked netizens from around the world to Photoshop her into the standard beauty of their own country. As viewers enjoyed the process of her being transformed into a sexy Brazilian brunette or fair-skinned English lady, it may have startled some when that of China pops on screen, her having been turned into a super skinny scary-looking Chinese Barbie doll.
不久前，一位英国记者要求世界各地的网民用Photoshop将她拍成他们自己国家的标准美。 当观众喜欢她变成一个性感的巴西黑发女人或皮肤白皙的英国女士的过程时，当中国出现在屏幕上时，她变成了一个超级瘦弱的看起来可怕的中国芭比娃娃，这可能会让一些人感到震惊。
Surely, we can blame it on the retouching skills, but the image did have some truth to it.
当然，我们可以把它归咎于修饰技巧，但这个图像确实有一些道理。
In Chinese culture, thin is the default body type and for thousands of years there has been collective pressure to maintain it.
在中国文化中，瘦是默认的体型，几千年来一直存在保持瘦身的集体压力。
For example, a slender waist is considered to be one of the most desirable features a Chinese woman can possess, no matter in what era. During the Han dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE), many women starved themselves in order to have a slender waistline, just as Zhao Feiyan, the wife of a Han emperor, who boasted the waist of a swallow, as legend has it.
例如，无论在哪个时代，纤细的腰部都被认为是中国女性最理想的特征之一。 在汉朝（公元前202年-公元220年），许多妇女为了拥有纤细的腰线而挨饿，就像传说中汉皇帝的妻子赵飞燕一样，她以燕子的腰为荣。
On the other hand, during the 7th century at the beginning of the Tang dynasty (618 – 907 CE), lithe athleticism was prized in women. They rode, hunted on horseback, and even competed with men on the polo field as an influence of the traditions of northern nomadic tribes.
另一方面，在7世纪唐朝初期（公元618-907年），女性对健壮的运动精神有珍视。 他们骑马、骑马打猎，甚至在马球场上与男人竞争，这是北方游牧部落传统的影响。
The slender fascination goes on today, as the “A4 waist challenge” spiced up the Weibo hot topics chart. The rule is that if you can cover your waist with a vertically placed A4 paper (width 21cm), you qualify as a “Shouzi” (a skinny person).
苗条的魅力在今天继续，因为“A4腰挑战”为微博热点话题图表增添了色彩。 规则是，如果你能用垂直放置的A4纸（宽21厘米）遮住腰部，你就有资格成为“Shouzi”（一个瘦小的人）。
Similar challenges such as “iPhone 6 legs”, “one-yuan arm” and “100 yuan wrist” have ignited further debate.
“iPhone 6腿”、“一元手臂”和“100元手腕”等类似挑战引发了进一步的辩论。
Due to such beliefs held by the majority of Chinese women, many have resorted to extreme dieting to lose weight in the past. Yet, now more and more are willing to sweat it out through either running, spinning or belly dancing.
由于大多数中国女性的这种信念，过去许多人为了减肥而诉诸于极端节食。 然而，现在越来越多的人愿意通过跑步、旋转或肚皮舞来挥洒汗水。
As the Wall Street Journal reported, a new fitness craze is catching on among Chinese women. Foreign sportswear brands such as Nike and Adidas see a new marketplace in Chinese women, who wish to get stronger and fitter. Young women like Jacqueline are willing to spend an average of ¥3,000 on brand trainers and neon-colored sports bras per month while working on toning their abs and legs.
正如《华尔街日报》所报道的那样，一种新的健身热潮正在中国女性中蔓延。 耐克和阿迪达斯等外国运动服品牌在中国女性中看到了一个新的市场，她们希望变得更强壮、更健康。 像杰奎琳这样的年轻女性愿意每月平均花费3000日元在品牌运动鞋和霓虹色运动胸罩上，同时努力调理腹肌和腿部。
In the meantime, fitness tracking apps and gadgets have also become essential in Chinese workouts. One fitness app, GuDong, has over 40 million users and claims the steps all users walked in 2015 could go around the Earth 600 times. WeChat has a function that tracks how many steps you walk per day and ranks you accordingly.
与此同时，健身跟踪应用程序和小工具在中国锻炼中也是必不可少的。 一个健身应用程序GuDong拥有超过4000万用户，并声称2015年所有用户走的步数可以绕地球600次。 微信有一个功能，可以跟踪你每天走多少步，并相应地对你进行排名。
However, a lady was reported to have made it to the top of the chart without much effort by bonding her phone to her dog while enjoying Korean drama in front of the TV.
然而，据报道，一位女士在电视前欣赏韩剧时，毫不费力地将手机与她的狗联系在一起，从而登上了排行榜的榜首。
Despite how it may seem, the psychology behind keeping fit is certainly not just about showing off through gym selfies and cheating your way to the top of the charts.
尽管看起来如何，但保持健康背后的心理当然不仅仅是通过健身房自拍来炫耀和作弊，从而登上排行榜榜首。
According to the latest data, 28 of the countries 34 provincial-level administrative units host at least one marathon every year. In 2015, more than 136,000 people participated in 53 marathons nationwide.
根据最新数据，在34个省级行政单位中，有28个每年至少举办一次马拉松。 2015年，超过13.6万人参加了全国53场马拉松。
From the beginning of 2015 to this March, the China Sports Company made over 257 investments, exceeding 17.4 billion RMB. Fitness was the hottest area for investments.
从2015年初到今年3月，中国体育公司投资超过257笔，超过174亿元人民币。 健身是投资最热门的领域。
To those 20-something women who are bleeding out in the job jungle, going to the gym or running a marathon means not only getting a better physique, but also a sense of confidence and an edge in the job market. “It’s better than a cosmetic surgery”, said Jacqueline, who recently landed a job at a leading PR company.
对于那些在工作丛林中流血的20多岁的女性来说，去健身房或跑马拉松不仅意味着获得更好的体质，也意味着在就业市场上获得自信和优势。 最近在一家领先的公关公司找到工作的杰奎琳说：“这比整容手术要好。”
As for those who are already climbing the career ladder, staying physically active helps to take the pressure off after sitting around all day in the office.
至于那些已经在攀登职业阶梯的人，保持身体活跃有助于在办公室坐一整天后减轻压力。
Nina Fu, an executive at a foreign trade company told The Nanjinger that no matter how busy she is everyday, she will always make time for her yoga class. “If life gets you down, do yoga. If life really gets you down, do hot yoga”, posted Nina on her Weibo with a picture of her doing a tree pose with her 5-year-old daughter, which melted the hearts of many.
一家外贸公司的高管Nina Fu告诉《南京人》，无论她每天有多忙，她总是会抽出时间上瑜伽课。 “如果生活让你沮丧，就做瑜伽吧。 如果生活真的让你沮丧，就做热瑜伽”，Nina在她的微博上发布了一张她和她5岁的女儿做树姿势的照片，这融化了许多人的心。
Motivated by Jacqueline’s posts of huffing and blasting on eager workouts, I want to drop everything and head to the gym right now. If not for a better body image, getting a good selfie to post online will boost my Dopamine just the same.
在杰奎琳对渴望锻炼的气喘吁吁的帖子的激励下，我想放下一切，现在就去健身房。 如果不是为了更好的身体形象，在网上发布一张好的自拍同样会增加我的多巴胺。
