他一个人在外面打拼
“It's not easy for him to work hard”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Shengli has helped us a lot.”
他 一个人在外面 打拼
“It's not easy for him to work hard”
也不容易
“alone out there.”
“Cut him some slack and appreciate him, because he is fighting an uphill battle alone.”
In contemporary Chinese culture, leaving home to hustle in big cities or abroad is respected, but also universally recognized as emotionally and physically demanding, evoking natural communal sympathy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
being away from home all alone
A very common phrase used to describe someone living or working far from their hometown without family support.
to work hard; to hustle and carve out a career
Use this to describe someone striving hard against odds to build their career, often in a distant city or abroad.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're making your way in Shenzhen alone.”
“How can you go out and make it on your own?”
“from scratch and had built it together since we were young.”
“It's not easy for you to make money out there.”
“I worked my butt off”
“I want to make a living with my own hands.”