适者生存 就像我们三个 原先都不野
“The strong survive. Just like the three of us, we weren't tough at first,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
李娟说得对
“Li Juan's right.”
适者生存 就像我们三个 原先都不野
“The strong survive. Just like the three of us, we weren't tough at first,”
现在不都变野了吗
“but look at us now.”
“Don't blame us for being tough and unruly now; harsh circumstances forced us to change.”
In modern colloquial Chinese, becoming 'wild' (野) often describes developing street smarts, unruliness, or grit as a pragmatic survival mechanism against hardship.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
survival of the fittest
A four-character idiom borrowed from evolutionary theory, widely used colloquially to justify toughening up to survive harsh environments.
originally / in the beginning
A colloquial synonym for 本来 or 原来, used to describe an earlier state of affairs before changes occurred.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The strong endure and follow desire.”
“the strong prey upon the weak, the fittest survive,”
“Survival of the fittest.”
“animals follow the law of the fittest,”
“If you want to survive, you have to be ruthless.”
“It's hard to survive in a foreign country.”