让你选择了对你来说
ràng nǐ xuǎn zé le duì nǐ lái shuō
您知道什么对我来说是最难的吗
nín zhī dào shén me duì wǒ lái shuō shì zuì nán de ma
我知道这一切
wǒ zhī dào zhè yī qiè
对一个知识分子来说
duì yí gè zhī shí fèn zǐ lái shuō
比生命还要珍贵
bǐ shēng mìng hái yào zhēn guì
新中国刚刚成立五年
xīn zhōng guó gāng gāng chéng lì wǔ nián
我们有的事情
wǒ men yǒu de shì qíng
有的干部做得不周
yǒu de gàn bù zuò de bù zhōu
这都是客观事实
zhè doū shì kè guān shì shí
但是新中国总体的进程是好的
dàn shì xīn zhōng guó zǒng tǐ de jìn chéng shì hǎo de
是积极的 向上的
shì jī jí de xiàng shàng de
你要乐观一些
nǐ yào lè guān yī xiē
你们做大事的人
nǐ men zuò dà shì de rén
And I believed that...
eventually, some leader would understand.
Your personality
made you choose the hardest path
for yourself.
Do you know what's hardest for me?
Your dignity.
Your privacy.
I know these things are...
more precious than life itself
to an intellectual.
Am I right?
The new China has only been
established for 5 years,
and there's so much to rebuild.
Some things
we haven't done well,
and some cadres have been insensitive.
These are objective facts.
But overall,
the new China is making good progress—
it's positive and upbeat.
So,
you need to be more optimistic,
alright?
For those of you doing great things,
the times and history
may allow you to make mistakes.
No mistakes should be allowed.
And I believed that...
eventually, some leader would understand.
Your personality
让你选择了对你来说
ràng nǐ xuǎn zé le duì nǐ lái shuō
made you choose the hardest path
最难的
zuì nán de
for yourself.
您知道什么对我来说是最难的吗
nín zhī dào shén me duì wǒ lái shuō shì zuì nán de ma
Do you know what's hardest for me?
你的尊严
nǐ de zūn yán
Your dignity.
你的隐私
nǐ de yǐn sī
Your privacy.
我知道这一切
wǒ zhī dào zhè yī qiè
I know these things are...
对一个知识分子来说
duì yí gè zhī shí fèn zǐ lái shuō
more precious than life itself
比生命还要珍贵
bǐ shēng mìng hái yào zhēn guì
to an intellectual.
我说的对吗
wǒ shuō de duì ma
Am I right?
新中国刚刚成立五年
xīn zhōng guó gāng gāng chéng lì wǔ nián
The new China has only been
established for 5 years,
百废待兴
bǎi fèi dài xīng
and there's so much to rebuild.
我们有的事情
wǒ men yǒu de shì qíng
Some things
做得不好
zuò dé bù hǎo
we haven't done well,
有的干部做得不周
yǒu de gàn bù zuò de bù zhōu
and some cadres have been insensitive.
这都是客观事实
zhè doū shì kè guān shì shí
These are objective facts.
但是新中国总体的进程是好的
dàn shì xīn zhōng guó zǒng tǐ de jìn chéng shì hǎo de
But overall,
the new China is making good progress—
是积极的 向上的
shì jī jí de xiàng shàng de
it's positive and upbeat.
所以
suǒ yǐ
So,
你要乐观一些
nǐ yào lè guān yī xiē
you need to be more optimistic,
好吗
hǎo ma
alright?
你们做大事的人
nǐ men zuò dà shì de rén
For those of you doing great things,
the times and history
may allow you to make mistakes.
No mistakes should be allowed.