And before the old ailment could be cured, the patient contracted a new illness: pressures for academic advancement began growing heavier and heavier. The joint entrance exam system is a modern version of the imperial civil service examination system, and it pushes down on modern children so much they scarcely can breathe.
舊疾未愈，新病又纏身，日益嚴重的升學壓力，宛如「現代科舉」般，又壓得現代兒童喘不過氣來。