任凭别人蹂躏你 践踏你 无视你
“letting others trample over you and ignore you,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You can only blame yourself for being weak,”
任凭 别人 蹂躏你 践踏你 无视你
“letting others trample over you and ignore you,”
“without even resisting at all.”
“You brought this misery on yourself by being so spineless.”
In intense Chinese interpersonal debates, tough love often manifests as merciless verbal berating to push someone out of cowardice.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to allow / to let (someone do whatever they want)
Formal or dramatic literary term indicating total resignation or passive yielding.
to trample on / to step on
Frequently used metaphorically to mean violating someone's dignity or rights.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'll be at your disposal. Don't come any closer!”
“If I let you drift away like this,”
“We all have to dance to your tune.”
“we don't need to fear any opponent.”
“and allow Father to treat me as if I were nothing.”
“Are we born to be trampled upon?”