• 上海就是商海；Shanghai is indeed a sea of commerce 
•   Shàng haǐ jiù shi shāng haǐ
• 北京就是背景；Beijing is indeed a web of social connections
•   Beǐ jīng jiù shi beì jǐng
• 誓言就是失言；Oath and vows are but broken promises
•   shì yán jìu shi shī yán
• 彩礼就是财力；Betrothal gifts are showings of wealth and power
•   caǐ lǐ jìu shi caí lì
• 理想就是离乡；Ideals are precursors of displacements
•   lí xiǎng jìu shi lí xiāng
• 平民就是拼命；The poor are doomed to a life of struggles
•  píng mín jìu shi pīn mìng

生词

• 商海；shāng haǐ; sea of commerce
• 背景；beì jǐng; background, social connections, 
• 誓言；shì yán, oath /vow; 
• 失言；shī yán; break promise；eat one’s words
• 彩礼；caǐ lǐ; betrothal gift;
• 财力；caí lì; power of wealth, purchasing power, 
• 理想；lí xiǎng; hope, ideal,
• 离乡；lí xiāng; leave one’s native land; displacement
• 平民；píng mín; the poor, the plebeian
• 拼命；pīn mìng; life-and-death-struggle