他们不动声色地
“(they quietly)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“(To find their footing in a strange city,)”
他们 不动声色 地
“(they quietly)”
修剪掉自己的枝丫
“(prune away parts of themselves.)”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In contemporary Chinese culture, striving to establish roots in a major city often demands silent endurance and self-restraint without outward complaint.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unmoved; keeping a poker face; without showing emotion
Used to describe someone handling hardship or reacting to an intense event without showing any visible trace of emotion.
Adverbial marker connecting the descriptive idiom to the forthcoming action.