节日问候：男女光棍们 你们辛苦啦

November 11, a day represented by four digits of 1, has been dubbed "Bachelor Day" by young single Chinese.

11月11日，因其由四个阿拉伯数字“1”构成，于是便被中国的年轻单身族称为“光棍节”。

Among Chinese in the 22 to 49 age bracket, males outnumber females by 16.97 million, which means tens of millions of single Chinese in this age group.

在22岁至49岁这个年龄段中，中国男性的人数比女性多出了1697万人，这就意味着这个年龄段里会有上千万的光棍出现。

The "Bachelor Day" has been initiated by single college students and, although enjoys no holiday leave, has become a vogue of the day among single white collars.

“光棍节”兴起于单身的大学生们，尽管这天不放假，这天仍旧成为单身白领圈的时尚节日。

When explaining the reasons for being single 40 percent interviewees believe growing self-consciousness among the young has raised the bar for selecting the other half. 20 percent netizens believe it is because social environment has become more tolerant and being single is facing less pressure of public opinion.

当问起光棍增多的原因，40%的受访者表示年轻人对自身感受的重视增加了寻找另一半的难度。而20%的网民则认为宽松的社会环境和公众压力的减少导致了光棍的增多。

男光棍不敢娶

Bachelor Carl Weisman got fed up of being classified as a playboy, a loser or a commitment-phobe so he set out to find out exactly why he and a growing number of eligible men were steering clear of marriage.

单身汉卡尔·维斯曼再也无法忍受被当作花花公子、落魄男人或“恐婚症”患者，所以他开始研究自己以及越来越多不错的男人为什么不愿意结婚。