别人可以看不起我们
“Others can look down on us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
别人可以 看不起 我们
“Others can look down on us.”
我们决不能
“But we must never”
“It doesn't matter if society despises us; our self-respect is what truly counts.”
In Chinese culture, enduring external judgment while maintaining internal moral or professional self-respect (骨气) is a valued psychological defense mechanism, even subversively adopted here among anti-heroes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to look down upon; to disdain
A very common verb-complement structure used to describe contempt, snobbery, or social dismissal.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He simply looks down on us.”
“You always looked down on her.”
“who are nothing but incompetents who slander behind closed doors.”