国民党的官都高高在上 他们就低低在下
“The KMT officials are high above. They stay low,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
付帆姐跟我说过
“Sister Fu Fan told me before.”
国民党的官都 高高在上 他们就 低低在下
“The KMT officials are high above. They stay low,”
“reaching deep into every ear and armpit. The deeper, the better.”
“They look down on the masses, but we win by staying right at the grassroots level.”
In 20th-century Chinese political rhetoric, closeness to the common people ('staying low') was celebrated as morally superior to imperial or elitist detachment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
standing high above; aloof and detached from the masses
A classic four-character idiom used critically to describe arrogant superiors or out-of-touch bureaucrats.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The Nationalist Government, even at this stage,”
“that the military and political officials have all moved to Wuhan.”
“Let the officials decide what to do.”
“But he's been flirting with the KMT provincial chairman,”
“People like us are bandits in the eyes of the court.”
“Join forces with the Nationalists,”