我是不是往死里干
“Didn't I work myself to the bone?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你看得见我在厂里是怎么干活
“You saw how I worked in the plant.”
我 是不是 往死里干
“Didn't I work myself to the bone?”
“Don't pretend you didn't see me breaking my back for this job.”
In traditional Chinese working environments, endurance of extreme hardship is seen as moral capital when demanding fair treatment or asserting one's worth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to work oneself to the bone; to work desperately hard
A highly colloquial Northern expression used to describe putting extreme effort into physical or exhausting tasks.