我们好不容易才拥有这么多
“We worked so hard to get what we have.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你会怎么做
“What would you do?”
我们 好不容易 才拥有 这么多
“We worked so hard to get what we have.”
“I won't let anyone take it away.”
“We suffered too much to give this up now, so we must fight back.”
Appealing to past suffering and hard work is a powerful rhetorical device in Chinese culture to morally justify extreme protectiveness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
with great difficulty / only after immense effort
Used before a verb phrase to emphasize that the resulting outcome was achieved through hard-fought hardship.
to possess so much
Refers broadly to wealth, social status, power, or personal achievements.