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Chinese term
紧箍咒
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这也使得，旅游成为来自爸爸妈妈的终极奖励。打分，成为多数家长对儿童进行家庭教育的典型内部工作模式，典型地反映了家庭权力关系。儿童虽然成为”家里的小皇帝”和家庭生活的重心，但分数却成为儿童头上的”紧箍咒”。儿童能够聪明/狡猾地意识到，”表现好”才是”好孩子”“乖孩子”，才能得到来自爸爸妈妈的奖励（比如出去旅游），而这又会进一步成为他们在同学和伙伴面前炫耀的资本。
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“紧箍咒” is a kind of metaphor here, it may not be appropriate to provide a direct translation, because target readers may not understand it. Instead, we need to convey its actual meaning.
紧箍咒（发音jǐn gū zhòu），最早出现于中国四大文学小说《西游记》中，唐僧用来制服孙悟空的咒语，能使孙悟空头上的紧箍收缩，头痛欲裂。后用来比喻束缚人的东西。
紧箍咒（发音jǐn gū zhòu），最早出现于中国四大文学小说《西游记》中，唐僧用来制服孙悟空的咒语，能使孙悟空头上的紧箍收缩，头痛欲裂。后用来比喻束缚人的东西。
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We will forge our own future, free from the trammels of materialism.
我们要摆脱物质主义的束缚，锻造自己的未来。
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Something like the band on the head of the Monkey King
Something like the band on the head of the Monkey King
趣味英文：解说西游记里的各路神妖(图)_手机新浪网 - 新浪教育edu.sina.cn › foreign › wyxx › detail...
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Oct 16, 2015 - 唐僧用一个金箍（gold band）通过念咒（chant magic words），即紧箍咒（tightening-crown spell）可以控制他。 [猪八戒]. 猪八戒（Zhu Bajie）字面意思 ...
趣味英文：解说西游记里的各路神妖(图)_手机新浪网 - 新浪教育edu.sina.cn › foreign › wyxx › detail...
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Oct 16, 2015 - 唐僧用一个金箍（gold band）通过念咒（chant magic words），即紧箍咒（tightening-crown spell）可以控制他。 [猪八戒]. 猪八戒（Zhu Bajie）字面意思 ...
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but the children were cursed by "academic scores"
If this term was translated directly into "tightening-crown spell", there will be a culture barrier for the English readers. Considering this, I would prefer to translate it directly into something easy for the target language readers.
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(but getting good grades has become) a kind of pressure (on kids)
美国学校的 “分数” 是用 A,B,C,D, ....(grades). A+ 或 A 是满分。
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Note added at 14 hrs (2020-07-20 22:54:08 GMT)
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这里紧箍咒的意思是 给儿童的精神压力。
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Note added at 14 hrs (2020-07-20 22:54:08 GMT)
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这里紧箍咒的意思是 给儿童的精神压力。
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Chia-ling Huang
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