我在这儿干了一辈子 根深蒂固
“I've been working here all my life. I have deep roots.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Who would have thought Jinghai can be like this?”
我在这儿 干了 一辈子 根深蒂固
“I've been working here all my life. I have deep roots.”
我走不了
“I can't leave.”
“My whole life is tied to this place; I have no way out even if I wanted one.”
Lifelong dedication to a single enterprise or locale historically defined identity and security in China, making severance from one's network psychologically and practically paralyzing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
worked for a lifetime
Emphasizes lifelong dedication, fatigue, or entrapment in a job or location.
deep-rooted; deeply ingrained
An idiom (chengyu) describing deep, unbreakable attachments, habits, or institutional entrenchment.