为了谋求自己的前程 而不惜委屈妻儿
“he sacrificed his wife and child for his own ambition.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
堂堂男子
“As a man,”
为了谋求 自己的 前程 而 不惜委屈妻儿
“he sacrificed his wife and child for his own ambition.”
“This place was never meant for you.”
“A selfish hypocrite who abandons his family for power will surely betray you too; leave him.”
In Confucian ethics, a man who fails to protect his wife and children to advance his political career is seen as morally bankrupt and unworthy of respect.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in order to seek / strive for
A formal, literary conjunction-verb pair used when discussing ambitions or calculated goals.
not hesitating to / at the cost of
Used in formal writing and speech to emphasize an extreme, often ruthless sacrifice made for an objective.