他们没有对这个城市 做贡献吗
“Don't they contribute to this city?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那 送饭的厨师大哥
“There. A cook delivering food.”
他们 没有 对 这个 城市 做贡献 吗
“Don't they contribute to this city?”
“Narrow-minded people can be teachers now?”
“You have no right to look down on them; they contribute just as much as anyone.”
In contemporary Chinese discourse, emphasizing contribution to the city (城市贡献) is a strong moral argument to defend migrant and service workers against discrimination.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to make a contribution
A formal collocation widely used in both formal speeches and moral debates to evaluate social worth.
Turns the statement into a rhetorical question asserting that they obviously did contribute.