书记为了我们 得罪了县里的领导
“Mr. Zheng offended leadership for us,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Besides, Guo makes a valid point.”
书记 为了我 们 得罪了 县里的 领导
“Mr. Zheng offended leadership for us,”
就等于我们整个月海 得罪了县里的领导 对
“which means the entire Yuehai has offended leadership. Yes.”
“He put his neck on the line for us, so we cannot abandon him now or pretend this isn't our fight.”
In grassroots Chinese administration, when a local leader takes political heat for their constituency, the community feels a strong ethical debt (人情) to shoulder the collective risk together.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to offend; to get on the wrong side of
Essential verb for navigating social and political hierarchies when someone causes displeasure to a superior.
for our sake; on our behalf
Emphasizes that an action or sacrifice was done selflessly for the collective benefit.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Mr. Zheng and Ms. Li, right in front of us all, staked their careers”
“about how we can help the Secretary, right? Let's go to the county”
“Mr. Zheng supports us, which means offending thousands of cadres.”