夢破、夢醒或夢圓了，回到現實，所以無夢。傷痛太多、太重、太深了，已經麻木，反而無痛。生活過得艱難、單調、自我，日復一日，變得無趣。越來越多的中國人，正在變成無夢、無痛、無趣的“橡皮人”。

"One day at a time" might be the motto for a growing group of fatigued young, white-collar Chinese known as 'eraser' or 'plasticine' men (xiang pi ren).

“得過且過”大概是越來越多疲憊的年輕白領一族的生活信條，他們被稱為“橡皮人”。

Brow-beaten out of shape by life, they show little if any response as they are kneaded this way and that, they are mostly white-collar workers who are somewhat numb to life, have no dreams, interests or ideals, and do not feel much pain - or joy.

在生活的壓力下，他們的身體狀況都不佳，遭到任何的待遇也不會有太多反應，他們多數是白領，對生活麻木，沒有夢想、愛好或理想，也感覺不到痛苦或快樂。

These 'plasticine men' can be found among doctors, bank employees, teachers, journalists, traffic policemen, civil servants, actors and taxi drivers. Typically, they work alone and for more than 50 hours a week. They feel as if they have expended all their energy and all they get in return is a sense of emptiness.

在醫生、銀行職員、教師、記者、交通警、公務員、演員以及出租車司機當中，你都可以見到“橡皮人”的身影。他們通常獨自工作，每周工作超過50個小時。他們覺得已經耗盡了全部的精力，而獲得的回報卻只是一種空虛感。

The term comes from a 1986 book, Xiang Pi Ren (Plasticine Man), by still-popular novelist Wang Shuo, that was later made into a film entitled Out Of Breath (Da chuan qi).

“橡皮人”這個稱呼來源于著名小說家王朔1986年的作品《橡皮人》，該書后來被改編成電影《大喘氣》。

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