他们过得越不好就越恨我们
“The worse their lives get, the more they resent us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
土地贫瘠 连年干旱 日子过不下去了
“is barren and plagued by years of drought. They can barely survive.”
他们过得 越 不好 就 越 恨我 们
“The worse their lives get, the more they resent us.”
哦什么呀
“What's with the "oh"?”
“Their desperation will inevitably turn into violent rebellion against us.”
In Chinese political thought, public hardship often breeds resentment that threatens ruling legitimacy, reflecting the classical notion that governance must satisfy the people's livelihood to avoid collapse.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the more... the more...
A fundamental correlative structure used to indicate that an increase in one condition causes a proportional increase in another.
living poorly; falling on hard times
A standard spoken phrase to describe that someone's quality of life or economic condition is rough.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We've all been ruined by him.”
“Instead, he's accusing us of treating him unfairly.”
“And her mind got worse and worse.”
“we'll only make each other suffer more.”
“ruining your own life.”
“I dribbled past them so easily!”