也不觉得本地人的身份 有什么好高高在上的
“Nor have I ever thought being a local made me better than anyone else.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“was the kind of secure job that made my parents proud.”
也不 觉得 本地人 的身份 有什么好 高高在上 的
“Nor have I ever thought being a local made me better than anyone else.”
“Like every other young person in Shanghai,”
“I don't think I'm better than anyone just because I was born here; we're in the same boat.”
In megacities like Shanghai, possessing a local household registration (Hukou) historically carried significant privilege, leading to complex social tensions between native residents and ambitious newcomers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
lofty and aloof; looking down on others
A common four-character idiom used critically to describe arrogant individuals or leaders detached from ordinary people.
what is there to be... about?
A rhetorical structure used to dismiss or downplay the importance, pride, or fuss surrounding something.
Functions as a nominalizing particle reinforcing the speaker's evaluative stance at the end of the clause.
