我们为了建城 付出了多少
“what we sacrificed to build a city.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你不是不知道
“You knew”
我们为了建城 付出了多少
“what we sacrificed to build a city.”
你也不是不知道
“You also knew”
“You have no right to sabotage or question our hard-earned progress after all we endured.”
In Chinese institutional culture, invoking past collective sacrifices (奉献) is a powerful rhetorical tool to resolve disputes and enforce consensus.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how much (we) have sacrificed/paid
A rhetorical phrase used to emphasize heavy emotional, physical, or financial investment.
in order to / for the sake of
Placed before a mission or goal to justify subsequent actions or sacrifices.