A standard mortgage-loan document reads, 'I promise to pay' the amount borrowed plus interest, and some people say that promise should remain good even if it is no longer convenient.
Pay for ordinary workers was only two yuan an hour for a standard six-hour day.
普通工的标准工作量为一天6个小时，每小时的收入仅为2元。
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Being in charge of publishing the latest regulations used to be a lucrative niche: a business would pay handsomely for information about a new standard that its products had to comply with.