但靠自己的双手能养活自己
“but I can support myself with my own hands,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I may just be a butcher from Lin'an,”
但 靠自己的双手 能 养活自己
“but I can support myself with my own hands,”
也能养活妹妹
“and I can support my sister too.”
“I may be poor, but I am proud, honorable, and nobody's dependent.”
Even within traditional hierarchical Chinese society, earning an honest living through hard physical labor is respected as morally upright and self-reliant.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
relying on one's own two hands
A classic idiom-like expression praising self-reliance and honest manual labor.
to support financially, to provide a living for
Widely used when talking about feeding oneself or one's dependents.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you had a job and could support yourself,”
“I did everything myself.”
“After I lost that ability, I have to make a living myself”
“I want to make a living with my own hands.”
“I think earning my own living is a good thing. There is no such thing as suffering.”