休想用这些锦衣玉食
“Don't think you can wear down my resolve”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我记得有一个人也说过… “我不吃嗟来之食”
“And I remember someone saying… - I don't accept charity. - I don't accept charity.”
休想 用这些 锦衣玉食
“Don't think you can wear down my resolve”
来磨灭我坚定的意志
“- …with fine clothes and good food. - with fine clothes and good food.”
“You think you can buy my loyalty with lavish gifts? Not a chance.”
In Chinese moral philosophy, upright individuals take pride in refusing to compromise their integrity or 'bend their back' for material indulgence and lavish gifts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
don't even think about it; in your dreams
A sharp, emphatic modal verb used to forcefully reject an attempt, demand, or assumption made by an adversary.
brocade garments and jade meals; extravagant luxury
A classical four-character idiom (chengyu) summarizing extreme material luxury and pampering.
