你自诩正义 黑白分明
“(You pride yourself on justice, judging things clearly,)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
现在头秃了吧
“(Now, you've gone bald, haven't you?)”
你 自诩 正义 黑白分明
“(You pride yourself on justice, judging things clearly,)”
不让他们在矛盾里纠缠
“(and not letting them get tangled in conflict.)”
“Your high-and-mighty moral principles didn't help you avoid this mess, did they?”
In Chinese professional and social contexts, extreme moral purity (黑白分明) is often seen as unpragmatic and prone to failure compared to tactful compromise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to boast oneself as; to consider oneself to be
Carries a pejorative or skeptical nuance suggesting unearned self-flattery.
sharp contrast between black and white; having a rigid sense of right and wrong
Used as an idiom to describe a clear-cut distinction between good and evil, or someone's lack of moral gray areas.
