我何尝不想好好的为百姓做事
“I wanted to serve the people well.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
念我吗
“the way you miss him?”
我 何尝不想 好好的为百姓做事
“I wanted to serve the people well.”
可身处这漩涡之中
“But trapped in this whirlpool,”
“I truly wanted to be an honest official, but political reality won't let me.”
Chinese historical tradition frequently portrays honest scholars caught between the high moral ideal of serving the people and the perilous reality of court factional politics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how have I not; isn't it true that I...
A rhetorical device used to strongly emphasize that the speaker actually does possess a certain desire or feeling, despite appearances.
to serve the common people
Standard phrase referring to civil duty and the Confucian virtue of governing for the populace's welfare.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“The people's interests come first. Can't you drop the hypocrisy?”
“To serve the people? Exactly! I serve the people.”
“to unlimited service for the people.”