挨得住打 放得下身段 你知道不
“take the knocks, and drop the pride.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“First, we must put in the time, endure the loneliness,”
挨得住打 放得下身段 你知道不
“take the knocks, and drop the pride.”
不管人家咋反应
“However they react,”
“Put your ego away and be ready to take hits if you actually want to make it.”
Chinese professional philosophy highly values resilience (chi ku) and humility, believing true success requires surviving humbling, unglamorous stages without complaint.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
able to take hard blows or endure adversity
Commonly used figuratively in spoken Mandarin to describe mental grit and resilience in tough environments.
lower one's posture; swallow one's pride
Used when advising someone to drop their arrogant or privileged attitude to get real work done.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She's never even been scolded, let alone beaten.”
“I couldn't just stand there and take it, right?”
“who can pick things up and let them go, and say harsh things,”
“Stop. What? There's really no need to set me up.”
“'I have to hit you, and I have to treat you.'”
“Still, you can't just take a beating for no reason.”