Chinese are no strangers to loneliness: There are tens of millions of men in China who may never find love due to the country's massive gender imbalance, a result of the One Child Policy and a longstanding preference for male children. Chinese women don't have it easy either: Those who remain unmarried at the ripe old age of 27 risk being labeled "leftover women".

孤单对于中国人来说并不陌生：由于中国长期实行计划生育政策，以及长久以来重男轻女的子女偏好，中国的性别比例严重失衡，有数以百万的中国男子也许一辈子都不会找到伴侣。中国女性的情况也不容客观：那些在27岁的“熟女”年龄之后还未婚的女性会被贴上“剩女”的标签。

Although poverty and singledom are often linked outcomes in China, at least one web user was sure of which was worse. "Spending Singles' Day alone isn't that scary," he wrote. "What's scary is when you're so poor you can't even enjoy Taobao's ‘Double 11.'" Retail therapy indeed.

虽然在中国“贫穷”和“单身”往往是相互联系的，但网民们知道前者比后者更糟糕。如一位中国网民所说的，“一个人过光棍节并不可怕，可怕的是你没钱去参加淘宝的‘双11’庆典。”

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