此腰不可弯
“Don't bend your waist.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
此腰不可弯
“Don't bend your waist.”
为什么不弯腰啊 因为我们中国人敬的是
“Why not? Because we Chinese respect”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Refusing to bend one's waist draws on the classical idiom of not compromising one's dignity for petty gains or tyrant threats.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
must not bend; cannot bow
A formal and literary expression indicating refusal to compromise one's principles or submit to an oppressor.