Although all doctors are still in the "high income bracket" compared to ordinary folk, among physicians there is naturally a tendency to "pick the softest persimmon" (as the old saying has it), meaning that relatively few will opt for surgery, the most arduous specialty.
雖然醫師的薪水比起一般人的收入，仍屬「高薪階級」，但同樣是醫師，柿子挑軟的吃，辛苦的外科自然乏人問津。