我眼红什么呀 我这个夜校办得好 万人空巷
“Why would I be? My night school is a huge success, a sensation.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I put it down on paper only after careful consideration. You're jealous?”
我 眼红什么 呀 我 这个 夜校 办得好 万人空巷
“Why would I be? My night school is a huge success, a sensation.”
“You're jealous. What do you mean?”
“Don't flatter yourself; my project is far more successful than yours.”
In grassroots administrative units, cadres frequently guard their professional achievements vigorously, rejecting any insinuation of jealousy as a direct threat to personal dignity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
jealous; envious; green with envy
Common everyday term for jealousy over another's success, fortune, or advantages.
the whole town turns out; streets empty as everyone flocks to an event
A formal idiom commonly used colloquially or semi-formally to describe immense popularity and high turnout.
Softens the rhetorical question while conveying an indignant, self-vindicating attitude.
