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A NEW 'fitness' trend encourages women to compare their waist size to a sheet of A4 paper (210*297mm).
一股新的"健康"潮流鼓勵女性把自己的腰圍比作一張A4紙。一張A4紙的標準尺寸是210*297mm。
The Chinese craze involves holding up the paper, which has a width of just 21cm, against the body.
中國女孩們掀起攀比風，她們紛紛拿起寬度僅有21釐米的A4紙來量腰圍。
Hundreds of thousands of social media users have taken to China's version of Twitter, Sina Weibo, to share their snaps.
大批網友在新浪微博分享這類圖片。
The Chinese internet users have claimed that the slim waist fad is a healthy and attainable aim.
中國網友稱，這種「水蛇腰」健康，且不難做到。
One Weibo user boasted: "I'm a size smaller than A4. I'm A5."
一位微博用戶驕傲地說："我的腰比A4紙還細，我的是A5腰。"
Critics have slammed the bizarre trend for pressurising women to try to reach an unachievable goal.
有人批評這種奇葩潮流，認為該潮流會迫使女性努力達到不可能達到的目標。
An angry Twitter user said: "So are they insinuating smaller is better? Not cool to offend the girls who don't measure up in this matter."
一位推特用戶很憤怒："所以，她們覺得（腰）越細越好？對那些達不到此標準的女孩豈不是一種冒犯？"
Another commenter remarked: "A4 paper waist challenge? Total rubbish", before joking that they wanted to turn the sheet of paper sideways.
另一位則評論道："A4腰挑戰？狗屁不通！"並笑稱「敢不敢把A4紙側著來比？！」
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