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Daughters Raised Under China’s One-Child Policy

本站:Jun 26, 2026原文:Jun 6, 2026

zài在zhōng guó中国dú shēng zǐ nǚ zhèng cè独生子女政策xià下，hěn很duō多nǚ ér女儿cóng xiǎo从小jiù shì就是jiā lǐ家里de的zhōng xīn中心。

Under China’s one-child policy, many daughters were the center of the family from a young age.

fù mǔ父母bǎ把hěn很duō多ài爱、shí jiān时间hé和qián钱dōu都gěi给le了tā men她们，ràng让tā men她们shàng上hǎo好xué xiào学校，yě也xī wàng希望tā men她们yǐ hòu以后yǒu有hǎo好gōng zuò工作、hǎo好shēng huó生活。

Their parents gave them a lot of love, time, and money, sent them to good schools, and hoped they would have good jobs and a good life in the future.

zhè yàng这样de的chéng zhǎng成长dài lái带来le了hěn很duō多jī huì机会，dàn但yě也dài lái带来le了hěn很dà大yā lì压力。

This kind of upbringing brought many opportunities, but it also brought a lot of pressure.

hěn很duō多dú shēng nǚ独生女yī biān一边jué de觉得zì jǐ自己bèi被ài爱，yī biān一边yòu又pà怕ràng让jiā rén家人shī wàng失望。

Many only daughters feel loved, but at the same time they are afraid of disappointing their families.

tā men她们cháng cháng常常yào要xiǎng想hěn很duō多shì事：qù去nǎ lǐ哪里gōng zuò工作，yào要bú yào不要jié hūn结婚，yào要bú yào不要huí jiā回家zhào gù照顾fù mǔ父母。

They often have to think about many things: where to work, whether to get married, and whether to go back home to take care of their parents.

fù mǔ父母zuǐ shàng嘴上kě néng可能shuō说“nǐ你zì yóu自由xuǎn zé选择”，dàn但xīn lǐ心里hái shì还是xī wàng希望nǚ ér女儿lí jiā离家bú yào不要tài太yuǎn远。

Their parents may say, “You are free to choose,” but in their hearts they still hope their daughters will not live too far away from home.

duì对yī xiē一些dú shēng nǚ独生女lái来shuō说，zhè zhǒng这种yā lì压力gèng更fù zá复杂，yīn wèi因为tā men她们zhī dào知道，zì jǐ自己de的xuǎn zé选择bù不zhǐ shì只是zì jǐ自己de的shì事，yě也huì会yǐng xiǎng影响zhěng gè整个jiā tíng家庭。

For some only daughters, this pressure is even more complicated, because they know their choices are not only their own business; they also affect the whole family.

hěn很duō多rén人zhǎng dà长大hòu后cái才fā xiàn发现，zì jǐ自己yì zhí一直zài在nǔ lì努力píng héng平衡liǎng jiàn两件shì事：yī biān一边shì是zì jǐ自己de的mèng xiǎng梦想hé和zì yóu自由，yī biān一边shì是duì对jiā rén家人de的zé rèn责任。

Many people only realize when they grow up that they have been trying to balance two things all along: their own dreams and freedom on one side, and responsibility to their family on the other.

tā men她们xiǎo shí hòu小时候bèi被dàng chéng当成zuì最zhòng yào重要de的rén人，yě也màn màn慢慢bèi被qī dài期待qù去chéng dān承担hěn duō很多wèi lái未来de的shì事。

As children, they were treated as the most important person in the family, and little by little they were also expected to take on many future responsibilities.

Source:The daughters who were raised to be everything under China’s one-child policy

By Unknown Author / Global Voices|CC BY 3.0|Modified & AI-assisted

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zhōng guó
中国
dú shēng zǐ nǚ zhèng cè
独生子女政策
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下
zhǎng dà
长大
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的
nǚ ér
女儿