你当初还觉得 李东明出淤泥而不染 是个好人呢
“Back then, you thought Li Dongming was a good guy rising above the filth.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可我真觉得不像他
“But I really don't think it's him.”
你 当初 还 觉得 李东明 出淤泥而不染 是个 好人 呢
“Back then, you thought Li Dongming was a good guy rising above the filth.”
想想
“Think about it.”
“You were completely fooled by him before, so stop trusting your terrible judgment.”
The idiom 'rising out of the mud unstained' draws on classical Confucian ideals of the lotus flower maintaining purity amidst corruption, often cited when evaluating moral integrity in corrupt corporate or bureaucratic settings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
growing out of the mud yet unstained; remaining untainted by a corrupt environment
A famous classical idiom originating from Zhou Dunyi's essay on the lotus, used to praise moral incorruptibility or, as here, invoked ironically.
back then you even thought...
Used in spoken discourse to call out someone's past erroneous judgment or naive belief.
Highlights the irony of the listener's past conviction, pointing out the contrast with reality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Think you've succeeded after you latched onto Li Dongming?”
“(I even had this malicious thought) (that Li Dongming found out I wanted a divorce)”
“He rambled a lot. Li Dongming does love you.”
“Li Dongming, have we just met today?”
“But Li Dongming knows what I fear. Go ahead.”
“Why would Li Dongming give you all this evidence?”