就如同是锦衣夜行
“It's like wearing fine clothes at night when no one can see.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
有钱不能归家
“We can't bring our money back home.”
就 如同 是 锦衣夜行
“It's like wearing fine clothes at night when no one can see.”
遗憾哪
“What a shame!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese culture, achieving prosperity loses much of its social value if one cannot return to their hometown to display success and bring honor to the family line.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
walking in silk robes by night; hiding one's success or failing to show off achievements
A classical four-character idiom used when someone succeeds or gets rich but cannot flaunt it where it matters.
just like; tantamount to
Used in spoken or written Chinese to draw an explicit comparison or metaphor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're all lovey-dovey now.”
“As if overnight,”
“you're already endangering yourself.”
“actually make a pretty good team.”
“Indeed, competitors are rivals.”
“you won't escape either.”