Only two decades ago in China, cohabitation was regarded as a corrupt and decadent Western lifestyle, and the adjective "illegal" accompanied any mention of it.

在20年前的中国,“同居”还被认为是一种腐化堕落的西方生活方式。人们提起它时，总会在前面加上“非法”一词。

It couldn't be more different now: Only about 3 percent polled are opposed to couples living together with a vast majority taking a very lenient attitude.

但如今可大不一样了。调查显示，仅有约3%的人反对同居，绝大多数人对此持十分宽容的态度。

The one-year national survey was conducted by the Beijing Normal University's psychology department, which interviewed more than 2 million people around the country.

北京师范大心理学系开展的一项为期一年的全国调查共对全国200多万人进行了访问。

A report on love and marriage in Chinese society was compiled based on the survey, whose results were released on Tuesday.

该调查结果于本周二公布，有关部门还根据该调查编撰了一份有关中国社会爱情及婚姻观的报告。

About 51 percent of the interviewees said that they accept cohabitation and would be in such a relationship if given a chance; while 46 percent said they are not opposed to the concept but would not do so themselves.

约51%的受访者表示能接受同居，并称如果有机会的话愿意尝试；而46%的人表示不反对同居，但自己不会去尝试。

The survey also showed growing tolerance of partners' ***ual experience and previous love affairs.

调查还发现，人们对伴侣的性经历及“恋爱史”的态度越来越宽容。

About 32 percent said partners' ***ual experience would never bother them when starting a relationship; and more than 61 percent of the interviewees said that they didn't care how many times their partners had fallen in love before.

约32%的人称，伴侣的性经历不会影响他们建立恋爱关系；超过61%的受访者表示他们不在乎对方之前谈过几次恋爱。

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