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一个人要想出人头地，就得自己去打天下。 A man has to strike out for himself if he wants to get ahead. | ||
这就是你要出人头地的计划吗？ Is this your plan for making your way in the world ? | ||
她把同他结婚看作是出人头地的途径。 She saw marriage to him as a way out of the ruck. | ||
他是个没有什么名堂却总想出人头地的律师。 He was a small-time lawyer keen to be someone. | ||
但他们只有少量的可支配收入，出人头地的机会也微乎其微。 But they have little disposable income and few opportunities to step up the ladder. | ||
我们是为了“出人头地”，还是为了“黄金屋、颜如玉、万斛粟”而青灯黄卷，焚膏继晷？ Year in and year out, what on earth are we burning the midnight oil for?For being outstanding, or for the so-called "roomful gold, beautiful girl, and bountiful grain" ? | ||
因此，他们认为，他们的孩子必须在学术方面做到出类拔萃，打败白种人同龄人们，这样他们以后才有同样的机会出人头地。 So what they believe is that their children must excel and beat their white peers in academic settings so they have the same chances to excel later. | ||
