標題：Can Men in China Take a Joke? Women Doing Stand-Up Have Their Doubts.

Comedy has become a way for women to skewer China’s gender inequality. Some men aren’t happy about it.

正文：On the list of topics best avoided by China’s comedians, some are obvious. Politics. The Chinese military. Now add: Men’s fragile egos. That, at least, was the message sent this month, when a major e-commerce platform abruptly ended a partnership with China’s most prominent female stand-up comic. The company was caving to pressure from men on social media who described the comedian, Yang Li, as a man-hating witch.

知識點：fragile adj.

1. easily broken or damaged易碎的；易損的

fragile china/glass/bones易碎的瓷器╱玻璃制品╱骨骼

2. weak and uncertain; easily destroyed or spoilt不牢固的；脆弱的

a fragile alliance/ceasefire/relationship 不牢固的聯盟；不確定的?；皎u關系

The economy remains extremely fragile.經濟仍然極其脆弱。

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