People in the PRC often say of the job market there: "Those with advanced degrees take their choice. Those with a bachelor's degree take what they can get. Vocational school graduates take a number and wait." Small wonder, then, that parents there try so hard to help their children get ahead.
「研究生俏、大學生平、大專生滯」，這句大陸俗諺形容的是高學歷者在就業市場的行情，為了子女日後前程，如今的大陸父母，無不賣力栽培子女成龍成鳳。