断舍离
Decluttering — Chinese reading, HSK 7–9
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“断舍离”一词源自日本，主张斩断不必要的购买欲望，舍弃家中多余的物品，脱离对物质的执念。这一理念传入国内后，迅速在都市白领中流行开来。
duàn shě lí yì cí yuán zì Rì běn zhǔ zhāng zhǎn duàn bú bì yào de gòu mǎi yù wàng shě qì jiā zhōng duō yú de wù pǐn tuō lí duì wù zhì de zhí niàn zhè yì lǐ niàn chuán rù guó nèi hòu xùn sù zài dū shì bái lǐng zhōng liú xíng kāi lái
"Danshari" comes from Japan: it advocates cutting off unnecessary urges to buy, discarding surplus things at home and breaking free of attachment to possessions. Once it reached China it quickly caught on among urban white-collar workers.
践行者认为，清理物品的过程也是梳理内心的过程：当家里只留下真正需要和喜爱的东西，生活反而变得井井有条，焦虑也随之减轻。
jiàn xíng zhě rèn wéi qīng lǐ wù pǐn de guò chéng yě shì shū lǐ nèi xīn de guò chéng dāng jiā li zhǐ liú xià zhēn zhèng xū yào hé xǐ ài de dōng xi shēng huó fǎn ér biàn de jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáo jiāo lǜ yě suí zhī jiǎn qīng
Practitioners believe that clearing out belongings is also a way of sorting out one's mind: when only what you truly need and love is left, life becomes orderly and anxiety eases accordingly.
但也有人对此不以为然，认为把用得好好的东西丢掉，本身就是一种浪费；更有商家借机推销收纳用品，让“断舍离”沦为了新的消费噱头。可见，任何理念一旦脱离初衷，便容易适得其反。
dàn yě yǒu rén duì cǐ bù yǐ wéi rán rèn wéi bǎ yòng de hǎo hǎo de dōng xi diū diào běn shēn jiù shì yì zhǒng làng fèi gèng yǒu shāng jiā jiè jī tuī xiāo shōu nà yòng pǐn ràng duàn shě lí lún wéi le xīn de xiāo fèi xué tou kě jiàn rèn hé lǐ niàn yí dàn tuō lí chū zhōng biàn róng yì shì de qí fǎn
Others are unconvinced, arguing that throwing out perfectly usable things is itself wasteful; and some businesses seize the chance to sell storage products, reducing decluttering to a new consumer gimmick. Evidently any idea, once it strays from its original purpose, easily backfires.
生詞
主张 zhǔzhāng to advocate
执念 zhíniàn obsession, attachment
践行 jiànxíng to put into practice
井井有条 jǐngjǐngyǒutiáo orderly
不以为然 bùyǐwéirán to disagree, object
沦为 lúnwéi to be reduced to
初衷 chūzhōng original intention
适得其反 shìdeqífǎn to have the opposite effect