People earn a lot, but they spend a lot to live.

生活水准高，个人收入多，但生活开支也大。

youdao

There is a high standard of living. People earn a lot, but they spend a lot to live.

生活水准高，个人收入多，但生活开支也大。

youdao

If you don't earn money, you can't pay for a place to stay or food to eat. So I can see why many people put a lot of importance on getting and maintaining a job.

如果不去赚钱，就没法养家糊口，所以才有那么多人在拼命找工作、保住工作。

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What it amounts to is theft by the state or by the majority, if we're talking about a democracy, from people who happen to do very well and earn a lot of money.

它相当于政府施行的盗窃,若是民主政府的话，则是大多数人施行的盗窃，其对象是工作出色而赚得大钱的人。

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And in Beijing you must have an automobile, and it is kind of hard for him because he doesn't earn a lot money compared to some Beijing local people, and he is also paying the mortgage to buy a new apartment.

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