许多领导干部 可以严于律己
“Many leaders can be strict with themselves,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It's not easy for you to make such a decision.”
许多 领导 干部 可以 严于律己
“Many leaders can be strict with themselves,”
“but when it comes to their family, they just turn a blind eye. Stop praising me.”
“Don't praise me yet; reigning in one's own family is where most people fail.”
In Chinese political culture, the boundary between strict self-governance and familial favoritism is a classic ethical dilemma known as family discipline (家风).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be strict with oneself
A formal idiom widely used in professional and ethical contexts to describe self-discipline.
leading cadres / government officials
Formal bureaucratic terminology referring to executives or political officials.