是 就你事业心强
“Right, only you're ambitious.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我自己去搞事业不好吗
“With that time, I could be advancing my career.”
是 就你事业心强
“Right, only you're ambitious.”
你做什么都对
“You're always right.”
“Stop acting so noble; you just care about yourself and your job while ignoring everything else.”
In contemporary Chinese domestic life, using 'career ambition' (事业心) as a shield against domestic duty often leads to bitter, sarcastic clashes between partners.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
highly career-driven or ambitious
Literally positive, but frequently inverted ironically to imply someone neglects their family for work.
only you / you're the special one
A quintessential colloquial pattern used to mock someone's self-righteousness or exceptionalism.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Call it ambition instead.”
“your career is quite successful now.”
“Depends what you're working on.”
“I have a career I love”
“♪ Day is breaking ♪ a booming career in Beijing.”
“that as long as you perform well, there will be better job opportunities.”