那我们吭哧吭哧练那么久
“We worked our butts off training for so long,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Wait, on what grounds can't I apply?”
那 我们 吭哧吭哧 练 那么 久
“We worked our butts off training for so long,”
“and now you're just telling us no?”
“It's totally unfair to disregard all the blood, sweat, and tears we poured into this!”
Chinese culture places immense value on endurance and hard work ('chiku'); having hard work nullified arbitrarily sparks intense moral outrage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
slaving away / toiling painfully and persistently
An onomatopoeic colloquial term vividly describing painstaking physical exertion and hard work.